Put up and Waste

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Put up verb - To fix in an upright position.

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Waste is an antonym for put up.

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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Put up is an antonym for waste.

He stuck a sphere of annihilation at the bottom of a waste disposal chute and, knowing his players, put up grates, plenty of warnings of danger and made the chute long enough so that they couldn't get a rope to the bottom, in order to protect them.

Source: Comic Strip / Knights of the Dinner Table

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