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to waste

to waste

28 9.3
To kill someone in a violent or criminal way
  • verb
  • /weɪst/
  • Offensive
: liquidar
  • I'll bet he wasted your two guys outside.

Examples

  • Joe wasted the bastard himself.

  • Let's just waste him, come on!

  • If it wants to waste us, it will.

  • And try not to waste the wrong guy.

  • You just wasted two of my friends.

  • My hunch is somebody gave him a tip, he came here and they tried to waste him.

  • Nick believes that mobsters killed his father: "They took him out to the marshes and wasted him."

    Academic text (1997)
  • We need to act quickly; they're planning to waste anyone who gets in their way.

  • The gang threatened to waste him if he didn't cooperate.

  • Don't let them waste you; stay alert and keep your distance.

Synonyms

to neutralize
vsto waste
  • Jargon
74 6.4

To make a military threat unable to act, often by using force

is narrower slang for killing rather than disabling by other means
to knock off
vsto waste
  • NSFW
29 9.9

Kill someone as part of a crime

is the same slang meaning used in violent criminal actions
to liquidate
vsto waste
  • Offensive
12 9.3

To kill someone who is a threat

is the same idea but expressed in blunt criminal slang
to do in
vsto waste
  • Offensive
11 8.3

To kill or seriously hurt someone to remove a threat

is focused on killing specifically rather than possibly only harming

Idioms

A situation that needs action right away

10 8.8

An action that causes great damage to places and people

Use things carefully so you do not run out later

So good that it should not be thrown away

Phrasal Verbs

670 1.6

To spend time doing things that are not useful instead of doing something more useful

Use time or effort in a way that achieves little

29 5.5

To become weak and thin because of sickness or not eating enough

To destroy a place and leave it ruined

To spend time on things that are not useful

Compounds

229 2.7

An activity that takes time but does not help you

An amount of money spent without getting a useful result

38 3.5

Poisonous materials people throw away that can harm health or nature

15 2.7

Uneaten or leftover food that people throw away from homes and shops

radioactive waste
  • Specialized
14 5.0

Unwanted material from nuclear power that gives off radiation

An action that uses effort but achieves nothing useful

A thing made and thrown away by a factory, machine, or body

An activity that uses your time but does not help you

7 3.5

Dirty substances that people get rid of from their bodies, like urine and feces

A place where people leave dangerous chemicals, often illegally

Things like old or broken items that are thrown away

5 1.3

A container with an open top for small trash like paper

An action that uses time and energy but gives no useful result

2 1.1

Paper that people throw away after use

waste of skin
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A person seen as having no value or use

2 4.2

A way to stop making trash by reusing, recycling and using fewer things

toxic waste site
  • Specialized
2 4.4

A place where dangerous chemical waste is stored or dumped

body waste
  • NSFW
1 2.7

Things the body gets rid of, like urine, sweat, and feces

1 6.5

Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling

1 7.8

Highly radioactive material left after nuclear fuel is used that needs safe storage for a long time

A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit

Using or throwing away materials so usable parts are lost

1 1.9

Things people throw away because they are not useful

A small open container for throwing away paper and other small rubbish

1 4.7

Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature

1 3.0

A pipe that carries away dirty water from a sink or bath

1 4.8

An area of land where people put rubbish

toxic waste area
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A place where people dump poisonous materials that must be cleaned because they can harm people or nature

9.9

A property loses value when a tenant fails to take care of it

9.9

A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time

waste baler
  • Specialized
5.6

A machine that presses waste like cardboard or plastic into tight bundles for easier handling

7.2

A large shallow pond that treats sewage using sunlight and bacteria and algae

How Lethal

to annihilate
  • NSFW
58 7.5
massacre
  • Offensive
213 7.0
to slaughter
  • NSFW
163 5.7
to murder
  • NSFW
∞ 3.0
to slay
  • NSFW
108 7.5
to waste
  • Offensive
28 9.3
to dispatch
  • Offensive
21 7.7

Surface Forms

waste infinitive
wasted past
wasted past participle
wasting present participle
wastes third person singular

Etymology

Waste as slang for 'to kill' grows from the older sense 'to destroy' (from wāstan), so a helpful way to remember it is that the slang keeps the idea of total destruction.