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61squander — verb they squander their profits on expensive cars Syn: waste, misspend, misuse, throw away, fritter away, spend recklessly, spend unwisely, spend like water; informal blow, go through, splurge, drop, pour down the drain Ant: manage, make good… …
62waste — 1. verb 1) he doesn t like to waste money Syn: squander, misspend, misuse, fritter away, throw away, lavish, dissipate, throw around; informal blow, splurge Ant: conserve 2) these children are wasting away in the …
63blow — I n 1. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, Sl. shot, Sl. slug, Sl. paste, Sl. bash, Sl. rap side the head. See bat 1 (def.2). 2. shock, calamity, reversal. See calamity (def.2). 3. come to blows fight, spar, grapple, scuffle, tussle, brawl,… …
64burn — v 1. be on fire, flame, flare, blaze, deflagrate; smolder, smoke, go up in smoke; glow, radiate, phosphoresce, shine; flash, glare, beam; flicker, shimmer, twinkle, sparkle, spark. 2. set on fire, fire, ignite, light, Inf. put the match to;… …
65consume — v 1. expend, use up, exhaust, drain, deplete, empty; finish, finish off, Sl. polish off, dispose of, get rid of, Sl. do in. 2.(all of food or drink) devour, absorb, eat up, swallow, gulp down, drink up, guzzle, gobble, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away… …
66dissipate — v 1. scatter, disperse, strew, bestrew; dispel, broadcast, sow, disseminate; diffuse, spread abroad, throw to the winds, distribute; sprinkle, spatter. 2. squander, misspend, lavish, indulge oneself, spend money as though there s no tomorrow, not …
67drivel — v 1. drool, drip saliva, slaver, slobber, slabber; sputter, splutter; snivel, sniffle. 2. babble, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, blether, Inf. blither, drool; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; ramble …
68fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …
69fritter — v 1. squander, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse; spend, spend money like water, spend to the last penny or farthing, Sl. blow, overspend; gamble away, fool away, misuse, misspend; while away, idle away, dilly dally, putter, dawdle. 2. shred,… …
70kill — v 1. slay, murder, assassinate, poison, do to death, liquidate, erase, blot or wipe out, put an end to, get rid of, put away, put out of the way, silence, carry off, remove, dispatch, finish, finish off, do for, fix, settle, lay out, lay low, Inf …
