disposal disposition | the act or means of getting rid of something |
mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
sewage disposal | the disposal of sewage |
laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
waste wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort waste of energy | a useless effort |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
administration disposal | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
disposal electric pig garbage disposal | a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
line product line line of products line of merchandise business line line of business | a particular kind of product or merchandise, a nice line of shoes |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
thriftlessness waste wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
disposal | the power to use something or someone, used all the resources at his disposal |
barren waste wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump garbage dump trash dump rubbish dump wasteyard waste-yard dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump toxic waste site toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site toxic waste area Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
body waste excretion excreta excrement excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
human waste | the body wastes of human beings |
waste waste material waste matter waste product | 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 |
garbage refuse food waste scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
toxic waste toxic industrial waste | poisonous waste materials, can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
high-level radioactive waste | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |
low-level radioactive waste | (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) |
radioactive waste | useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed |
waste paper | paper discarded after use |
waste rot | become physically weaker, Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world |
lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage scourge | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly, The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion |
waste emaciate macerate | cause to grow thin or weak, The treatment emaciated him |
pine away waste languish | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief, After her husband died, she just pined away |
consume squander waste ware | spend extravagantly, waste not, want not |
waste | use inefficiently or inappropriately, waste heat, waste a joke on an unappreciative audience |
neutralize neutralise liquidate waste knock off do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing, The mafia liquidated the informer, the double agent was neutralized |
waste run off | run off as waste, The water wastes back into the ocean |
waste | get rid of, We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer |
waste blow squander | spend thoughtlessly, throw away, He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends, You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree |
d bum bum around bum about arse around arse about fuck off loaf frig around waste one's time lounge around loll loll around lounge about | be lazy or idle, Her son is just bumming around all day |
godforsaken waste wild | located in a dismal or remote area, desolate, a desert island, a godforsaken wilderness crossroads, a wild stretch of land, waste places |