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lays waste
verb as in pillage
verb as in plunder
verb as in ransack
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verb as in ravage
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verb as in ruin
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verb as in sack
verb as in smash
verb as in waste
verb as in wreak havoc
verb as in pauperize
verb as in spoliate
verb as in consume
verb as in desolate
verb as in destroy
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verb as in devastate
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Example Sentences
A chief named Untamo lays waste the territory of his brother Kalervo, and carries off his wife.
As for a military hospital, while war lays waste the world, there is no place where there is more peace and contentment.
A pound or so of it, man, lays waste a square mile of anything!
Egfrid sends Beort with an army into Ireland and lays waste the country.
The taxation of the land and of all its products lays waste thousands of square miles in this country.
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On this page you'll find 681 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lay waste, such as: devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, overwhelm, and ravage.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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