waste

waste
n.

1) to cause waste

2) to cut down on waste

3) hazardous; nuclear; radioactive; solid; toxic wastes

4) (misc.) to go to waste ('to be wasted'); to lay waste to ('to destroy'); a terrible waste of time and money

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[weɪst]
a terrible waste of time and money
nuclear
radioactive
toxic wastes
to lay waste to ('to destroy')
to cause waste
to cut down on waste
(misc.) to go to waste ('to be wasted')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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