Tools are things we use as authors. Authoring is the act of using tools to make something. When the thing is made we can discard the tool.
I've hesitated to make minor adjustments to images uploaded by the new Image plugin for fear of polluting the shared image cache with unused content. Here we explore how we might clean up after such changes.
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discard A transitive verb | BrE dɪˈskɑːd, AmE dəˈskɑrd | 1 wegwerfen ablegen ‹Kleidung› fallen lassen ‹Vorschlag, Idee, Mensch› 2 (in cards) abwerfen B noun | BrE ˈdɪskɑːd, AmE ˈdɪsˌkɑrd | Ausschuss (Mask.) (person) Ausgestoßene (Mask./Fem.)