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 |
waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
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 |
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 |
toxic shock toxic shock syndrome TSS | syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus, characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock, occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons |
poisoning toxic condition intoxication | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
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 |
neglected unattended | lacking a caretaker, a neglected child, many casualties were lying unattended |
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 |
ignored neglected unheeded | disregarded, his cries were unheeded, Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing', her ignored advice |
toxic | of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison, suffering from exposure to toxic substances |