Thesaurus / lay waste
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synonyms for lay waste
- bane
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- break
- bust
- crush
- defeat
- defile
- destroyer
- destruction
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- drain
- exhaust
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- mar
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- maraud
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- loot
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- appropriate
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- sack
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- overthrow
- maim
- deplore
- disfigure
- pillage
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- break
- devour
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- smash
- fleece
- drain
- ravish
- botch
- defeat
- mangle
- bring down
- do in
- depredate
- dilapidate
- bring to ruin
- clean out
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- spoliate
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- fleece
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- ruin
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- spoliate
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- sack
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- impoverish
- total
- rape
- injure
- mutilate
- bankrupt
- botch
- bust
- crush
- desecrate
- overthrow
- maim
- deplore
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- demolish
- pillage
- shatter
- despoil
- break
- devour
- spoil
- overturn
- smash
- fleece
- drain
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- wreck
- decimate
- defeat
- raze
- bring down
- depredate
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- total
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- wax
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- mar
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- level
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- torpedo
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- beleaguer
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- chivy
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- yield
- lose
- let go
- free
- save
- offer
- give
- bear
- help
- repair
- fix
- build
- grow
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- protect
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- assist
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How to use lay waste in a sentence
It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDA small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAt the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAlone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXSometimes the child lay so still that Aristide arose to see whether he was alive.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThere lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThen the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNAt last he lay upon the floor, while around her, Mrs. Merley and the other girl begged and beseeched.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO LAY WASTE
- abort
- annihilate
- annul
- axe
- blot out
- break down
- butcher
- consume
- cream
- crush
- damage
- deface
- desolate
- despoil
- dismantle
- dispatch
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- gut
- impair
- kill
- lay waste
- level
- liquidate
- maim
- mar
- maraud
- mutilate
- nuke
- nullify
- overturn
- quash
- quell
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- ruin
- sabotage
- shatter
- slay
- smash
- snuff out
- spoliate
- stamp out
- suppress
- swallow up
- tear down
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- vaporize
- waste
- wax
- wipe out
- wreck
- zap
- aborts
- annihilates
- annuls
- axes
- blot out
- breaks down
- butchers
- consumes
- creams
- crushes
- damages
- defaces
- desolates
- despoils
- dismantles
- dispatches
- ends
- eradicates
- erases
- exterminates
- extinguishes
- extirpates
- guts
- impairs
- kills
- levels
- lies waste
- liquidates
- maims
- marauds
- mars
- mutilates
- nukes
- nullifies
- overturns
- quashes
- quells
- ravages
- ravishes
- razes
- ruins
- sabotages
- shatters
- slays
- smashes
- snuffs out
- spoliates
- stamps out
- suppresses
- swallows up
- tears down
- torpedo
- totals
- trashes
- vaporizes
- wastes
- waxes
- wipes out
- wrecks
- zaps
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.