Fashion
Fashion verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Waste
Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: one country attempting to waste another
How words are described
| good | good fashion | good waste |
| complete | complete fashion | complete waste |
| serious | serious fashion | serious waste |
| horrible | horrible fashion | horrible waste |
| Other adjectives: tragic, ridiculous, strange. | ||
Common collocations
| bomb | fashion bomb | waste bomb |
Both words in one sentence
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One could theoretically devour a frost wyrm in this fashion, making this more literal - and a massive waste of a good unit.
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Ego starts one when he hears that Gusteau's is "popular" again, but pauses to check the label and decides his wine is too good to waste in such a fashion.
Source: Western Animation / Ratatouille -
The bad thing: the life starts with witnessing your predecessor waste and die just when things start to get really interesting, and ends early, in exactly the same fashion.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Web Comics
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