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Causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass
“A wasting disease.”
Decreasing in amount
The process of physically withering or wasting away
Death or killing on a large scale
The act, state or fact of wasting funds
The process of organic decay or rotting
Ducks and drakes
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder
The act of making very lean
The act, process or result of causing significant damage to something
Expending or consuming by employing
“We cannot afford to waste any more money on frivolous items.”
(of a person or a part of the body) Present participle for to become progressively weaker and more emaciated
“My leg muscles would waste away before my eyes during the months when I was bedridden.”
Present participle for to physically debilitate or weaken
“Ultimately, I wouldn't be able to breathe, for the disease would waste away my diaphragm muscles.”
Present participle for to kill or severely injure (someone)
“I didn't want him dead, as he was too good at what he did for me to waste him like that.”
Present participle for to completely destroy or devastate
“It was a case of one party attempting to waste the other.”
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