Trash

noun
1.
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
2.
foolish or pointless ideas, talk, or writing; nonsense.
3.
a worthless or disreputable person.
4.
such persons collectively.
5.
literary or artistic material of poor or inferior quality.
6.
broken or torn bits, as twigs, splinters, rags, or the like.
7.
something that is broken or lopped off from anything in preparing it for use.
8.
the refuse of sugar cane after the juice has been expressed.
9.
Computers. an icon of a trash can that is used to delete files dragged onto it.
verb (used with object)
10.
Slang. to destroy, damage, or vandalize, as in anger or protest:
The slovenly renters had trashed the house.
11.
to condemn, dismiss, or criticize as worthless:
The article trashed several recent best-sellers.
12.
to remove the outer leaves of (a growing sugar cane plant).
13.
to free from superfluous twigs or branches.
noun
1.
foolish ideas or talk; nonsense
2.
(mainly US & Canadian) useless or unwanted matter or objects
3.
a literary or artistic production of poor quality
4.
(mainly US & Canadian) a poor or worthless person or a group of such people
5.
bits that are broken or lopped off, esp the trimmings from trees or plants
6.
the dry remains of sugar cane after the juice has been extracted
verb
7.
to remove the outer leaves and branches from (growing plants, esp sugar cane)
8.
(slang) to attack or destroy (someone or something) wilfully or maliciously
verb
1.
(transitive) to restrain with or as if with a lead
noun
2.
a lead for a dog
trap

To destroy, e.g. the contents of a data structure. The most common of the family of near-synonyms including mung, mangle, and scribble.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-03)