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How to sign: spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree";
Similiar / Same: fritter, fritter away, squander, blow
Within this category: burn
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: waste material, waste matter, waste product
Within this category: body waste, effluent, exhaust, filth, garbage, impurity, pollutant, rubbish, sewage, toxic waste
How to sign: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert";
Similiar / Same: barren, wasteland
Categories: wild, wilderness
Within this category: heath
How to sign: spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not";
Similiar / Same: fritter, fritter away, piss away, dissipate, dissipate, ware, squander, consume
Categories: drop, expend, spend
Within this category: lavish, luxuriate, overspend, splurge
How to sign: devastate or ravage
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";
Similiar / Same: lay waste to, devastate, ravage, desolate, scourge
Within this category: ruin
