Ashes
Ashes noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.
Usage example: a new and more splendid city was built on the ashes of the old
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Waste
Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
Both words in one sentence
- The priests of Asura have a dim inkling of this truth, and so all nail trimmings, hair and other waste products of the persons of the royal family are carefully reduced to ashes and the ashes hidden.
Source: Eye of Newt -
The Simpsons: Homer's mom wants him to spread her ashes at a certain place at a certain time; it turns out it was her last act of civil disobedience, as her ashes interfere with the launch of a missile sending nuclear waste from the power plant to the Amazon rain forest.
Source: Ashes to Crashes -
In the end, nothing is left but ashes and the ruins of a great effort gone to waste—and ironically, reason to despair, not because of their inability to compete, but because they realize they, too, will fail in the long run.
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