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wastage

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wastage

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

Synonyms for wastage

annihilation,
decimation,
demolishment,
demolition,
desolation,
destruction,
devastation,
extermination,
extinction,
havoc,
loss,
mincemeat,
obliteration,
ruin,
ruination,
wreckage

Words Related to wastage

depredation,
despoilment,
despoliation

breakup,
collapse,
disintegration,
dissolution

assassination,
execution,
killing,
massacre,
slaughter

dismantlement,
effacement,
eradication

Near Antonyms for wastage

rescue,
salvage,
salvation,
saving

conservation,
preservation,
protection

reclamation,
reconstruction,
re-creation,
refurbishment,
regeneracy,
remodeling,
renovation,
restoration

Antonyms for wastage

building,
construction,
erection,
raising

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