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 of wastage annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, devastation, extermination, extinction, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, destruction, wreckageWords Related to wastage depredation, despoilment, despoliation; breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter; dismantlement, effacement, eradicationNear Antonyms of wastage rescue, salvage, salvation, saving; conservation, preservation, protection; reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restorationAntonyms of wastage building, construction, erection, raising