"trashify" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trashifies [present, singular, third-person], trashifying [participle, present], trashified [participle, past], trashified [past]
Etymology: From trash + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trash|ify}} trash + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} trashify (third-person singular simple present trashifies, present participle trashifying, simple past and past participle trashified)
  1. (transitive, informal) To turn (something) into trash; to lower the quality of. Tags: informal, transitive Derived forms: trashification
    Sense id: en-trashify-en-verb-pzi7cEjN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

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