WASTE

(noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste", "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
synonyms : dissipation , wastefulness
(noun) (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
synonyms : permissive waste
(noun) the trait of wasting resources
"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste", "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
synonyms : thriftlessness , wastefulness
(noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the barrens of central Africa", "the trackless wastes of the desert"
synonyms : barren , wasteland
(noun) any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
"they collect the waste once a week", "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
synonyms : waste material , waste matter , waste product
(verb) become physically weaker
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
synonyms : rot
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
synonyms : desolate , devastate , lay waste to , ravage , scourge
The cyclone ravaged the whole city -added by sradha_inlas
totally desolated the city with aerial bombs -added by nithi
(verb) cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him"
synonyms : emaciate , macerate
(verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
synonyms : languish , pine away
(verb) spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
synonyms : consume , squander , ware
(verb) use inefficiently or inappropriately
"waste heat", "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
(verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer", "the double agent was neutralized"
synonyms : do in , knock off , liquidate , neutralise , neutralize
(verb) run off as waste
"The water wastes back into the ocean"
synonyms : run off
(verb) get rid of
"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends", "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
synonyms : blow , squander
(adj.) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a desert island", "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads", "a wild stretch of land", "waste places"
synonyms : godforsaken , wild

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