Words with a similar base: wasting, wasting_away

'wasting'
[cachexia.n.01] as in: any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease



'wasting'
[atrophy.n.01] as in: a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse



'wasting'
[waste.v.01] as in: spend thoughtlessly; throw away


Examples:
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree



'wasting'
[waste.v.02] as in: use inefficiently or inappropriately


Examples:
waste heat
waste a joke on an unappreciative audience



'wasting'
[waste.v.03] as in: get rid of


Examples:
We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer



'wasting'
[waste.v.04] as in: run off as waste


Examples:
The water wastes back into the ocean



'wasting'
[neutralize.v.04] as in: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing


Examples:
The mafia liquidated the informer
the double agent was neutralized



'wasting'
[consume.v.03] as in: spend extravagantly


Examples:
waste not, want not



'wasting'
[pine_away.v.01] as in: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief


Examples:
After her husband died, she just pined away



'wasting'
[waste.v.08] as in: cause to grow thin or weak


Examples:
The treatment emaciated him



'wasting'
[lay_waste_to.v.01] as in: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly


Examples:
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion



'wasting'
[waste.v.10] as in: become physically weaker


Examples:
Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world



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