If there’s one thing that’s sure to bring traffic to a standstill, it’s the traffic light. That, after all, is what it’s designed to do, along with making our roads a safer place. But some road campaigners say we would be much better off without them.
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consign sb/sth to sth phrasal verb [often passive] FORMAL
to get rid of someone or something or to put them in an unpleasant place or situation:
to be consigned to prison
After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
The noun scrapheap has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
Synonyms: garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap
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