waste
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Sense: Verb: squander
Synonyms:
squander Collocations, fritter away, throw away, blow Collocations , lavish Collocations, misspend, be wasteful with
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save Collocations, economize, put aside, save up, scrimp and save, pile up, stash Collocations, maintain Collocations, earmark, hold on to, tighten the purse strings, be a penny pincher
Sense: Verb: grow weak - often followed by 'away'
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grow weak, weaken Collocations, wither Collocations, become emaciated, atrophy, wilt, droop, decay Collocations, shrivel up, emaciate
Antonyms:
gain weight, grow Collocations, grow up, fill out, bloom Collocations, develop Collocations, flourish Collocations, get stronger, expand Collocations, swell Collocations, rise Collocations, appear Collocations, shoot up, increase Collocations
Sense: Verb: weaken
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Sense: Verb: consume
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consume Collocations, drain Collocations, deplete Collocations, eat away, exhaust Collocations, burn up, use up, run through, go through , get through
Sense: Verb: kill - US, slang
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kill Collocations, liquidate, ice Collocations , off Collocations , dispatch Collocations, do away with , whack Collocations , take out , bump off , rub out , murder Collocations, assassinate, execute Collocations, slay Collocations, cut down
Sense: Verb: destroy
Synonyms:
destroy Collocations, annihilate, demolish, decimate, devastate, desolate, ruin Collocations, total Collocations, wreck Collocations, lay waste to
Sense: Noun: garbage
Synonyms:
garbage Collocations , trash Collocations, rubbish Collocations , refuse Collocations, scrap Collocations, litter Collocations, junk Collocations, debris Collocations
Antonyms:
possessions, valuables Collocations, hoarding, fresh food, fresh ingredients, scarcity Collocations, lack Collocations
Sense: Noun: wearing away
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Sense: Noun: wasteland
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city Collocations, urban sprawl, downtown Collocations, city center, metropolis, built-up area, mall Collocations, shopping centre
Sense: Noun: dung
Synonyms:
dung, excrement, feces, faeces , scat, poop Collocations , poo , shit Collocations , crap Collocations , doo-doo , droppings, manure Collocations, bowel movement, fecal matter, faecal matter , plop
Sense: Adjective: barren
Synonyms:
barren Collocations, desolate, poor Collocations, infertile, unfertile, stark Collocations, unproductive, arid, desert Collocations
Sense: Adjective: left over
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leftover Collocations, left over, unused, unwanted, scrap Collocations, junk Collocations, excess Collocations, extra Collocations