| noun | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
| noun | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse |
| verb | spend thoughtlessly; throw away “He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends” |
| verb | use inefficiently or inappropriately “waste heat” |
| verb | get rid of “We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer” |
| verb | run off as waste “The water wastes back into the ocean” |
| verb | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing “The mafia liquidated the informer” |
| verb | spend extravagantly “waste not, want not” |
| verb | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief “After her husband died, she just pined away” |
| verb | cause to grow thin or weak “The treatment emaciated him” |
| verb | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion” |
| verb | become physically weaker “Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world” |
| cachectic | adjective | relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia |
| waste | verb | cause to grow thin or weak |
| atrophy | verb | undergo atrophy |
| waste | noun | the trait of wasting resources |
| waster | noun | someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently |
| squanderer | noun | a recklessly extravagant consumer |
| runoff | noun | the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity |
| liquidation | noun | the murder of a competitor |
| liquidator | noun | a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
| squandering | noun | spending resources lavishly and wastefully |
| wastage | noun | the process of wasting |
| languisher | noun | a person who languishes |
| wasting | noun | any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
| emaciation | noun | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| maceration | noun | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| devastation | noun | the state of being decayed or destroyed |
| desolation | noun | a bleak and desolate atmosphere |
| ravage | noun | (usually plural) a destructive action |
| ravaging | noun | plundering with excessive damage and destruction |
| scourge | noun | something causing misery or death |