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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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                          Translations for scrap
                          Scrap through the time
                          Scrap across language varieties
                          New Zealand
                          Common
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                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
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