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Synonymer till wasting

substantiv

  1. (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease) cachexia; cachexy; wasting
  2. (a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse) atrophy; wasting away; wasting

verb

  1. (spend thoughtlessly; throw away) waste; blow; squander; wasting
  2. (use inefficiently or inappropriately) waste; wasting
  3. (get rid of) waste; wasting
  4. (run off as waste) waste; run off; wasting
  5. (get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing) neutralize; neutralise; liquidate; waste; knock off; do in; wasting
  6. (spend extravagantly) consume; squander; waste; ware; wasting
  7. (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief) pine away; waste; languish; wasting
  8. (cause to grow thin or weak) waste; emaciate; macerate; wasting
  9. (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly) lay waste to; waste; devastate; desolate; ravage; scourge; wasting
  10. (become physically weaker) waste; rot; wasting