Using
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Ἀπόχρησις (Strong'S #671 — Noun Feminine — apochresis — ap-okh'-ray-sis )
a strengthened form of chresis, "a using," and signifying "a misuse" (akin to apochraomai, "to use to the full, abuse"), is translated "using" in Colossians 2:22; the clause may be rendered "by their using up." "The unusual word was chosen for its expressiveness; the chresis here was an apochresis; the things could not be used without rendering them unfit for further use" (Lightfoot).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Use