Claim
Claim verb - To deprive of life.
Usage example: cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year
Waste
Waste verb - To use up carelessly.
How words are described
| good | good claim | good waste |
| solid | solid claim | solid waste |
| stupid | stupid claim | stupid waste |
| real | real claim | real waste |
| Other adjectives: big, serious, little, ridiculous, greatest, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Though the club tries to claim that they need to keep it running in order to "enjoy their youth" and "create fond memories", it's pretty clear that Tome is the only one who really believes in telepathy, and all they do in their club is waste their youth by playing video games and eating junk food.
Source: Manga / Mob Psycho 100 -
The Church wants the royal armies to equally waste each other so the Church can claim supremacy and "save" the populace from war.
Source: Gambit Pileup -
The textbooks seem to at least propagate the idea that leaving Earth was an unhelpful waste of money, which was true enough before the wormhole opened, but it's not clear whether they claim it's outright impossible (as some real life Moon Landing conspiracy theorists do).
Source: Film / Interstellar
Cite this Source
Waste and Claim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/waste
Claim & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/waste>.
Waste or Claim. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/waste.
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