wasting

To devastate, destroy

To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.

“We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.”

To kill; to murder.

To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.

Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.

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.

Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

“muscular wastings”

The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.