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 |
fuel-air explosive FAE | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges, the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen, the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below |
fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
fuel gauge fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
fuel injection fuel injection system | mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internalombustion engine, avoids the need for a carburetor |
fuel line gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
fuel system | equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine |
pod fuel pod | a detachable container of fuel on an airplane |
shot pellet | a solid missile discharged from a firearm, the shot buzzed past his ear |
thermobaric bomb fuel-air bomb vacuum bomb volume-detonation bomb aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
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 |
fuel level | the amount of fuel remaining |
mileage fuel consumption rate gasoline mileage gas mileage | the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned |
pellet | a small sphere |
diesel oil diesel fuel | a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines |
fossil fuel | fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content |
fuel oil heating oil | a petroleum product used for fuel |
nuclear fuel | fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity |
rocket fuel rocket propellant rocket propellent | an explosive charge that propels a rocket |
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) |
fuel | a substance that can be consumed to produce energy, more fuel is needed during the winter months, they developed alternative fuels for aircraft |
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 |
fuel | stimulate, fuel the debate on creationism |