Conserve and Exhaust

Conserve

Conserve verb - To avoid the wasteful or destructive use of.
Usage example: the need to conserve oil and other finite fossil fuels

Exhaust is an antonym for conserve.

Exhaust

Exhaust verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money

Conserve is an antonym for exhaust.

Common collocations

energy conserve energy exhaust energy
stamina conserve stamina exhaust stamina
power conserve power exhaust power
strength conserve strength exhaust strength
Other words: men, supply, resources, supplies, blood, magic, ammo, fuel, oxygen, powers, lives.
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