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Waster

One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.

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Narrower term 4

Annihilator 76% connected

One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

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Iconoclast 76% connected

A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

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Vandal 76% connected

One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome…

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Wrecker 76% connected

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

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Broader term 3

Prodigal 76% connected

Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or…

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Profligate 76% connected

Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

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Squanderer 76% connected

One who squanders.

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Exterminate 74% connected

To drive out or away; to expel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exterminate 74% connected

To drive out or away; to expel.

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Destroyer 92% connected

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ruiner 92% connected

One who, or that which, ruins.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undoer 92% connected

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wastrel 92% connected

Any waste thing or substance

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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