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  • 1waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 2waste — wāst n 1) loss through breaking down of bodily tissue 2) wastes pl bodily waste materials: EXCREMENT waste vb, wast·ed; wast·ing vt to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength …

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  • 3Waste — Waste, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wasting}.] [OE. wasten, OF. waster, guaster, gaster, F. g[^a]ter to spoil, L. vastare to devastate, to lay waste, fr. vastus waste, desert, uncultivated, ravaged, vast, but influenced by a… …

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  • 4waste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste more at vast Date: 13th century 1. a. a …

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  • 5Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository — Yucca Mountain The proposed design …

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  • 6Electronic waste — For the EC directive, see Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Defective and obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic waste, e waste, e scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes discarded electrical or… …

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  • 72006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump — A truck full of garbage on the streets of Abidjan. Much of Trafigura s toxic waste was dumped in large open areas in the poor suburbs of the city The 2006 Côte d Ivoire toxic waste dump was a health crisis in Côte d Ivoire in which a ship… …

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  • 8Throw-away society — The throw away society is a human society strongly influenced by consumerism. The term describes a critical view of over consumption and excessive production of short lived or disposable items.Rise of packaging wasteBetween the start of New York… …

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  • 9To lay waste — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 10To wear away — Wear Wear, v. t. [imp. {Wore} (w[=o]r); p. p. {Worn} (w[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin… …

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