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# waste, wasteland
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## Definition
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To waste something means to carelessly throw it away or to use it unwisely. A "waste" implies a state of being ruined or destroyed.
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* A waste or "wasteland" also refers to emptiness, such as a city that has become a waste, without anything living in it.
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* To "lay waste" a city or land means to destroy it.
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