verb

1. To devastate, destroy

2. To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.

   “We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.”

3. To kill; to murder.

Synonyms: cack, duppy, top

noun

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   “muscular wastings”

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

adjective

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.