waste

How to sign: spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree";

Similiar / Same: squander, blow

Categories: expend, use

Within this category: burn

waste

How to sign: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert";

Similiar / Same: barren, wasteland

Categories: wild, wilderness

Within this category: heath

waste

How to sign: devastate or ravage
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion";

Similiar / Same: lay waste to, devastate, ravage, desolate, scourge

Categories: destroy, ruin

Within this category: ruin

waste

How to sign: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized";

Similiar / Same: neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in, neutralize

Categories: kill