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Ablation :: Ablation (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.

Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

Harass :: Harass (n.) Devastation; waste.

Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts..

Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.

Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..

Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits..

Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it..

Economical :: Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time..

Lock-weir :: Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber..

Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..

Leakage :: Leakage (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking..

Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood..

Quiddler :: Quiddler (n.) One who wastes his energy about trifles.

Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..

Wearer :: Wearer (n.) That which wastes or diminishes.

Recruit :: Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures..

Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..

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