Assist
Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Waste
Waste verb - To use up carelessly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- For Want of a Nail: Hitler, in a moment of rare sanity and clarity, decides that sending the Afrika Korps to assist the Italians in North Africa would be a waste of resources and men.
- Also, if you are Zilean, you can ultimate someone to enable him to resurrect on death, completely waste it because your patient doesn't actually die before it wears off, and still get an assist.
Source: No Experience Points for Medic -
Hellgate: It's opened by Haazheel Thorn on the Prince of Darkness's orders so The Legions of Hell can assist the Black Moon in destroying the empire before laying waste to the rest of the world.
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