I . v. a.
1.
Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually, diminish by constant loss.
2.
Consume ( foolishly ), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, use prodigally.
3.
Spend in vain, expend uselessly, lavish, squander, dissipate.
4.
Destroy, desolate, ravage, pillage, plunder, strip, ruin, spoil, devastate, sack, devour.
5.
( Law. ) Damage, impair, injure.
II . v. n.
1.
Dwindle, wither, pine, perish, decay, be diminished, ~ away.
2.
Swale, melt ( as a candle ), sweal, consume.
III . a.
1.
Destroyed, ruined, ravaged, spoiled, devastated, desolated, stripped, bare.
2.
Dreary, dismal, forlorn.
3.
Wild, uncultivated, bare, untilled, unoccupied, unimproved.
4.
Worthless, refuse, valueless, useless.
5.
Superfluous, exuberant.
IV . n.
1.
Consumption, loss, diminution, decrement, expenditure, wasting, dissipation, wear and tear.
2.
Squandering, prodigality, wanton destruction, loss.
3.
Devastation, ravage, ruin, rapine, destruction, desolation, pillage, havoc.
4.
Refuse, worthless matter, rubbish.
5.
Wild, wilderness, desert, solitude, lonely place, deserted region.
6.
Dreary void, expanse.