Patch
Patch verb - To put into good shape or working order again.
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
| massive | massive patch | massive waste |
| big | big patch | big waste |
| huge | huge patch | huge waste |
| little | little patch | little waste |
| Other adjectives: grey, rocky, giant, medical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The monsters head out to investigate a UFO sighting in Susan's hometown on Halloween, and discover that an entire patch of pumpkins has been mutated by waste dumped on them by said UFO.
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Dofus. Ever since the patch that gave characters 5 HP at each level-up, putting points in more than one attribute is almost always a waste.
Source: Min-Maxing aka: Min Max -
After getting thrown from his horse, Rocko flies over such hazards as a patch of cacti, a utensil graveyard full of forks and knives ("Pointy End Up"), and a toxic waste dump, only to land in a mattress junkyard.
Source: Barely Missed Cushion
Cite this Source
Waste and Patch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/patch/waste
Patch & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/patch/waste>.
Waste or Patch. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/patch/waste.
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