Although cast means “to throw,” the traditional usage of cast implies specifically that you are throwing the item with the mentality that the item will never return. This is why people don’t cast baseballs, but they do cast things into the sea, and they do cast off their chains. This is why we have “outcasts,” “castaways,” and other individuals who are presumably gone forever. It’s an excellent choice for the function in question, I think.
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