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the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
- the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea
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“Wastage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wastage. Accessed 18 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of wastage was in 1735
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