All lay waste synonyms

verb lay waste

• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
• salvage — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
• seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
• scour — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
• comb — A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
• take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
• disrupt — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
• overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
• impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
• injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
• decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
• wrack — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
• topple — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
• devastate — If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
• eat up — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
• overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
• damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
• impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
• sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• gut — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
• maim — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
• pilfer — steal in small amounts
• loot — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
• ransack — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
• fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
• burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
• prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
• snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
• relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
• prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
• foray — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
• forage — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.