Maintain and Waste

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Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Waste is an antonym for maintain in keep up topic.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability

Waste

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.
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Maintain is an antonym for waste in dwindle topic.
Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness
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energy maintain energy waste energy
power maintain power waste power
life maintain life waste life
army maintain army waste army
Other words: world.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Sonic SatAM Despotism Justifies the Means: Robotnik has turned most of Mobius into an industrial waste and a huge amount of it's population into unsentient drones so as to maintain his power over the planet.
    Source: Western Animation / Sonic SatAM
  • You need someone to repair and maintain the place, and you will waste valuable time training the new guys.
    Source: Shoot The Builder
  • Tron Lines A big waste of power to maintain the glow (assuming this was electricity and not some power source that glowed on its own), and impossible to conceal, but damn, it looks cool.
    Source: Tron Lines
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