To destroy; to kill.
To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
To kill a test animal for autopsy.
A loss of profit.
The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
Something sacrificed.
The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing.
A play in which the batter is intentionally out so that one or more runners can advance around the bases.
To devastate; to destroy.
To kill; to murder.
To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
A disused mine or part of one.
Excrement or urine.
Gradual loss or decay.
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
A vast expanse of water.
A large tract of uncultivated land.
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
Barren; desert.
Superfluous; needless.
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
Useless and contemptible.
Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
Unfortunate; disappointing.