Save and Wasting

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Save verb - To free from the penalties or consequences of sin.

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Wasting is an antonym for save.

Nearby Words: saving, saved, saver

Wasting noun - Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.

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Save is an antonym for wasting in topics: ruin, dwindle.

Nearby Words: waste, wasted, wasteful, wastage, waster

The Spark Shot that Claire receives is so laughably useless that you'll probably end up wasting it on zombies just to save handgun ammo.

Source: Lethal Joke Item
In "Feed the Kitty", Marc Anthony pretends to be rabid to scare off his owner in order to save Pussyfoot, but she just scolds him for wasting her whipped cream.

Source: Fake Rabies
Because it can take more than one bullet to kill a man, somehow it evolved that chopping off a bystander's hand to save one's own skin was preferable to wasting a bullet.

Source: Ironic Hell

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Wasting and Save. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/save/wasting

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