Keep and Waste

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Waste is an antonym for keep in hold topic.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.

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Keep is an antonym for waste.

human	human keep	human waste
good	good keep	good waste
complete	complete keep	complete waste
massive	massive keep	massive waste
Other adjectives: big, huge, dangerous.

character	keep character	waste character
power	keep power	waste power
life	keep life	waste life
someone	keep someone	waste someone
Other words: rest, time, characters, world, money, magic, items.

After Dwight boasts that he does not waste any time at work, Jim carries around a stopwatch to keep track of any time not spent on work related activity.

Source: Series / The Office (US)
Especially in file 2, they'll constantly waste ammo either by aiming badly or keep on firing after the enemy is down, and that's when they bother to attack at all instead of just hanging around waiting for the zombies to eat them.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Action Games
FIFA introduced it in 1992 to keep players from passing the ball back to their goalkeeper and grabbing the ball to waste time.

Source: Obvious Rule Patch / Sports

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