I thought of discarded and getting rid of. But I wonder if there's a more specific word.
Example sentence:
I searched for the soap, finally discovering that my girlfriend had __.
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Sign up to join this communityI thought of discarded and getting rid of. But I wonder if there's a more specific word.
Example sentence:
I searched for the soap, finally discovering that my girlfriend had __.
Although not exactly a single word, the phrasal verb to throw away is as specific as it can possibly get when describing a situation where you want to get rid of something that you no longer need. It strikes me as a little bit odd that you've never heard of this, rather basic, English expression before. I'm pretty sure you have, though. You just forgot.
Examples:
Did you throw the papers away? Why did you do that? I still need them!
I'm going to throw away all my broken toys. What do I have to keep all that junk for?
I was looking for this soap everywhere, only to discover that my girlfriend had thrown it away.
You might be thinking of throw out (definition 1b):
I searched for the soap, finally discovering that my girlfriend had thrown it out.
If you need a single term you may use discard though it sounds less colloquial than “throw away”:
If you discard something, you get rid of it because you no longer want it or need it.
(Collins Dictionary)
There are several ways you can express this:
"To dump" and "to trash" are somewhat informal, though so long as you're not writing a thesis, you should be fine.