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Meanings of scrap in English

Portuguese
batalha
Catalan
lluita
Spanish
combate
Wikidata

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

batalha
Portuguese
apara
Catalan
miqueta
Spanish
pizca

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

apara
Portuguese
resíduos
Catalan
brutícia
Spanish
basura

Worthless material that is to be disposed of.

resíduos
Portuguese
disputar
Catalan
disputar
Spanish
disputar

Have a disagreement over something.

disputar
Usage of scrap in English
1
Labour would propose amendments to scrap zero hour contracts, Mr Lees-Galloway said.
Radio NZ
2
Risk or no risk, he certainly knows he's in a scrap now.
The South African
3
Both parties' election manifestos promised to scrap pension changes made in 2011.
The Guardian
4
Labour has confirmed it would scrap the UK government's housing benefit changes.
BBC
5
So let's scrap the health and safety rules that put people off.
The Guardian
6
Iran again rejected international calls for it to scrap nuclear fuel production.
The Irish Times
7
But scrap industry veteran Michael Lion said he was not so sure.
Reuters
8
Others chided the paper for taking so long to scrap the feature.
The Guardian
9
He didn't need to consult the scrap of paper with the address.
Firewall
10
ESMA has said there is no intention to scrap the delegation model.
Reuters
11
New scrap contracts for the Taiwanese and Indian markets will now follow.
Reuters
12
He said he was left with no choice but to scrap them.
BBC
13
But the recent economic downturn led regulators to scrap the rehabilitation plan.
Reuters
14
Certainly, officials say, there is a reluctance to scrap the TPP entirely.
Reuters
15
The stock exchange looks set to scrap its two small company boards.
Radio NZ
16
A random scrap of information can trigger just the right conceptual collision.
Wired
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Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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