Murder and Waste

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Murder

Murder verb - To put to death deliberately.

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Waste is a synonym for murder (North American) in kill topic. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a verb "Murder", when it comes to topics like help, ice. informal substitute

Nearby Words: murderous, murderer, murdered, murderously, murdering

Waste

Waste verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: one country attempting to waste another

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Murder is a synonym for waste in help topic. Sometimes you can use "Murder" instead a verb "Waste".

Nearby Words: wasted, wasting, wasteful, wastage, wastefulness

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good	good murder	good waste
real	real murder	real waste
horrible	horrible murder	horrible waste
cold	cold murder	cold waste
Other adjectives: tragic, deliberate, senseless, unrelated.

Common collocations

character	murder character	waste character
someone	murder someone	waste someone
bunch	murder bunch	waste bunch
rest	murder rest	waste rest
Other words: time, characters, world, boss.

Both words in one sentence

Hack and Claire waste no time in calling her out on the fact that she kidnapped a kid, and is lamenting the fact that she didn't just murder a man.

Source: Literature / Jennifer Government
Edward attacks the author in "In Which There Is An Anticlimax" for making him waste an entire night on a murder mystery which didn't even have a death in the first place.

Source: Fan Fic / Thomas Abridged
Answer: An accidental murder, a Start of Darkness, Sanity Slippage, and eventually laying waste to a town.

Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Fan Works

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