Wastes

//weɪsts//

Synonyms for "wastes" (580 found)

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barren consume desert garbage pine away refuse rubbish wasteland wilderness abate ablate ablation absorption acarpous afterglow afterimage arabia deserta arid assimilation atrophy

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Verb(10 words)

assassinate baptize blow cack cancel consume cripple damage dash desolate

Noun(3 words)

barren boo-boo boom-boom

Strong matches (174)

despoil despoilment despoliation destroy destruction detritus devastate devastation devour die die away die out digestion diminish dirt disappear discards discharge dishwater disintegration

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disorganization dispatch dispel disperse disruption dissipate dissipation dissolution dissolve dive do a fade-out do in draff drain drained dregs dribble away dried up dried-up drivel droop drop drop off dry dry up dust dust bowl dustcart dwindle eating up ebb effluent egesta ejecta ejectamenta ejection emacerate emaciate emaciation empty end engorge erase erode erosion evanesce evaporate evaporation excrement excreta excretes execute exhaust exhausted exhaustion exit expend expending expenditure exterminate extravagance extravagancy extravasate extravasation exudate exudation fade fade away fade out fag end fail fall fall away fall off fallow filings finish finishing fix flag flee fleet fly fool away fossil fritter frivol fruitless gash gaunt gelded get give out give the business go go away go up in smoke gobble gobble up godforsaken gun down gut gut with fire havoc heath hecatomb hide hinterland hit hogwash holdover holocaust howling wilderness husk husks ice idle impotent impoverishment incinerate incontinence ineffectual infecund infertile ingestion intemperance issueless jejune jungle junk karroo kelter kill

Verb(16 words)

devastate do do for do in duppy eliminate emaciate eradicate ex extinguish extirpate fuck get rid of grease harry iron out

Noun(4 words)

dissipation dreck feces fudge

Adjective(1 words)

godforsaken

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Verb(33 words)

kill knock off languish lay waste to liquidate macerate mortify neutralise neutralize nuke obliterate pine away piss away pop off race ravage ravel raze remove rot

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run off scourge slay snuff out squander stop someone's clock subvert take top uproot ware wax wet

languish lavish lavishness lay in ruins lay out lay waste lay waste to leached leakage leaking purse leave no trace leave the scene leavings lees leftover leftovers lessen let up lifeless litter

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loaf loose purse strings lose lose strength loss lunar landscape lunar waste macerate marcescence melt melt away menopausal muck murder neutralize nonfertile nonproducing nonproductive nonprolific odds and ends off offal offscourings orts outback overdoing overgenerosity overgenerousness overliberality parch paring parings pass pass away pass out peak pelf perdition perish peter out pillage pine plummet plunge polish off potsherds pound-foolishness preshrink prodigality profligacy profuseness profusion rag rags raid rasping raspings ravage reckless expenditure reckless spending relics remainder remains remnant residue residuum rest retire from sight riffraff rinsing roach rub out rubble ruin ruinate ruination ruins rummage rump run down run dry run low run out run to seed run to waste sack sag sahara salt flat sawdust scouring scourings scrap scrap iron scraps scum sear settle shadow shambles shard shards shaving shavings shipwreck shrink shrinkage shrivel sine prole sink slack slag slaughter slop slops spend spending spill spoil spoliate spoliation squander squandering squandermania sterile straw strip stubble stump subside sucked dry suffer an eclipse survival swallow up sweeping sweepings swill sylvan tail off take care of tare tares teemless thin thriftlessness throw throw into disorder trace transudate transudation trash trashy uncultivated undoing unfertile unfruitful unleash destruction unleash the hurricane unplowed unproductive unprolific unsown untilled up country up-country upheave use use up using using up vandalism vandalize vanish vanish from sight vaporize vestige virgin wane wastage waste away waste matter wasted wastefulness wastepaper wasting away weaken wear wear and tear wear away wearing wearing away wearing down weary waste weazen weed weeds wild wildness wilds wilt wilting wipe out wither wither away withering without issue wizen woodland wrack wrack and ruin wreak havoc wreck zap

Noun(23 words)

ordure pelf permissive waste piece of garbage piece of junk piece of shit piece of trash pile of shit poop scrap shit shitter stinky stool stuff thriftlessness toot voluntary waste waste material waste matter

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waste product wastefulness wasteland

Adjective(1 words)

wild

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It's shameful, the way he wastes money.

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Industrial wastes pollute the earth.

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The second is the affinity with environment. By utilizing natural energy and reducing wastes, we have to make houses which harmonize with ecology.

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Wastes have polluted portions of our water.

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