Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Usage example: during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else
Waste is a synonym for kill (North American) in help topic. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a verb "Kill", when it comes to topics like pass, ice, fritter away, destroy. informal substitute
Waste
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human kill | human waste |
| good | good kill | good waste |
| long | long kill | long waste |
| total | total kill | total waste |
| Other adjectives: real, big, military. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This applies when something that is nothing more than waste material that should just kill anything living instead makes it stronger.
Source: Toxic Waste Can Do Anything -
She mentions that she knew said girl right after hearing the drug lord talking about disposing of said girl, and doesn't waste any time to kill him and his minions.
Source: Manga / Akame ga Kill! -
The Apocalypse Weekend expansion includes a scenario where you kill elephants with a scythe for a guy who makes waste-baskets out of their feet; the elephants rampage again and kill everybody else.
Source: Video Game / Postal
Cite this Source
Waste and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/waste
Kill & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/waste>.
Waste or Kill. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/waste.
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