310 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ lˈe͡ɪɪŋ wˈe͡ɪst], [ lˈe‍ɪɪŋ wˈe‍ɪst], [ l_ˈeɪ_ɪ_ŋ w_ˈeɪ_s_t]

Similar words for laying waste:

• act (noun)
• depredation (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• consume (verb)
• damaging (verb)
• desolate (verb)
• destroy (verb)
• destroying (verb)
• devastate (verb)
• harrow (verb)
• harry (verb)
• pillage (verb)
• plunder (verb)
• ransack (verb)
• ravage (verb)
• ruin (verb)
• sack (verb)
• smash (verb)
• wreak havoc (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Homophones for laying waste

Hyponyms for laying waste

Synonyms for Laying waste:

• n.

  • act (noun)
  • laying waste,
  • ruination,
  • ruin,
  • ruining,
  • wrecking.
  • depredation (noun)
  • pillage,
  • desecration,
  • marauding,
  • theft,
  • sacking,
  • spoliations,
  • desolation,
  • sackings,
  • plunder,
  • spoliation,
  • rapine,
  • crime,
  • burglary,
  • stealing,
  • robbery.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • destruction,
  • depredation,
  • devastation.

• v.

  • consume (verb)
  • demolish,
  • annihilate,
  • raze,
  • expend,
  • overwhelm,
  • devastate,
  • suppress,
  • extinguish,
  • eat up,
  • ravage,
  • lay waste,
  • decay,
  • exhaust,
  • wreck,
  • waste,
  • crush.
  • damaging (verb)
  • Depredating,
  • spoiling,
  • wreaking havoc,
  • damaging,
  • wasting,
  • Marring,
  • vandalizing,
  • rending,
  • ransacking,
  • Despoiling,
  • pillaging,
  • ravaging.
  • desolate (verb)
  • sack,
  • lay low,
  • Depredate,
  • desecrate,
  • despoil,
  • Spoliate,
  • devour,
  • depopulate.
  • destroy (verb)
  • exterminate,
  • end,
  • butcher,
  • mar,
  • dismantle,
  • annul,
  • damage,
  • erase,
  • dispatch,
  • ravish,
  • torpedo,
  • extirpate,
  • snuff out,
  • break down,
  • axe,
  • level,
  • shatter,
  • blot out,
  • desolate,
  • quell,
  • nullify,
  • deface,
  • cream,
  • abort,
  • sabotage,
  • vaporize,
  • zap,
  • stamp out,
  • tear down,
  • trash,
  • maraud,
  • smash,
  • overturn,
  • quash,
  • kill,
  • swallow up,
  • total,
  • impair,
  • nuke,
  • eradicate,
  • wipe out,
  • mutilate,
  • wax,
  • liquidate,
  • consume,
  • slay,
  • gut,
  • maim.
  • destroying (verb)
  • Abolishing,
  • Decimating,
  • Vaporizing,
  • demolishing,
  • razing,
  • atomizing,
  • smashing,
  • tearing down,
  • mowing down,
  • Desolating,
  • ripping to shreds,
  • leveling,
  • Disintegrating,
  • Destroying,
  • devastating,
  • annihilating,
  • Pulverizing,
  • knocking down,
  • Eradicating,
  • Extirpating,
  • Flattening,
  • Exterminating,
  • Bulldozing,
  • dismantling.
  • devastate (verb)
  • raid,
  • take apart,
  • spoil,
  • do one in,
  • wipe off map.
  • harrow (verb)
  • havoc.
  • harry (verb)
  • molest,
  • plague,
  • upset,
  • harass,
  • irk,
  • bedevil,
  • torment,
  • chivy,
  • persecute,
  • attack,
  • fret,
  • tease,
  • beleaguer,
  • perturb,
  • vex,
  • hassle,
  • irritate,
  • badger,
  • disturb,
  • worry,
  • trouble,
  • gnaw.
  • pillage (verb)
  • appropriate,
  • steal,
  • purloin,
  • arrogate,
  • thieve,
  • loot,
  • rob,
  • ransack,
  • confiscate,
  • pilfer,
  • trespass,
  • lift,
  • rifle,
  • invade,
  • pinch,
  • strip,
  • nab.
  • plunder (verb)
  • requisition,
  • moonlight requisition,
  • liberate,
  • forage,
  • fleece,
  • loft,
  • kip,
  • burn,
  • salvage,
  • Smash and Grab,
  • knock off,
  • stick up,
  • foray,
  • knock over,
  • snatch,
  • relieve,
  • prey,
  • prowl,
  • grab,
  • rip off.
  • ransack (verb)
  • peer,
  • spy,
  • pry,
  • go through,
  • look all over for,
  • sound,
  • scour,
  • scrutinize,
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • investigate,
  • rake,
  • look into,
  • hunt,
  • shake down,
  • rummage,
  • look high and low,
  • seize,
  • take away,
  • rustle,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • probe,
  • overhaul,
  • seek,
  • comb,
  • poach,
  • scan,
  • ferret,
  • filch,
  • search,
  • explore,
  • make off with.
  • ravage (verb)
  • harry,
  • capture,
  • trample,
  • prostrate,
  • sink,
  • overrun,
  • wrest,
  • pull down,
  • overthrow,
  • sweep away,
  • leave in ruins,
  • disrupt,
  • pirate,
  • wreak havoc,
  • break up,
  • disorganize.
  • ruin (verb)
  • defile,
  • drain,
  • spoilate,
  • reduce,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • beggar,
  • bankrupt,
  • use up,
  • do in,
  • deplete,
  • decimate,
  • botch,
  • disfigure,
  • pauperize,
  • wrack,
  • dilapidate,
  • mangle,
  • bring to ruin,
  • defeat,
  • bust,
  • break,
  • impoverish,
  • injure,
  • clean out,
  • make a mess of,
  • deplore,
  • bring down.
  • sack (verb)
  • destroy.
  • smash (verb)
  • put out of commission,
  • put out of action,
  • lay in ruins,
  • destruct,
  • tumble,
  • topple.
  • wreak havoc (verb)
  • create chaos,
  • play mischief with.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • mayhem,
  • ravages,
  • plundering,
  • buccaneering,
  • wiping out,
  • breaking up,
  • unruliness,
  • violation,
  • breaking down,
  • demolition,
  • riot,
  • looting,
  • defilement,
  • rape,
  • rioting,
  • rack and ruin,
  • Levelling,
  • vandalization,
  • slaughter,
  • despoliation,
  • piracy,
  • massacre,
  • Freebooting,
  • annihilation,
  • onslaught,
  • stripping,
  • banditry,
  • battering,
  • Brigandage,
  • assault,
  • killing.

Homophones for Laying waste:

• long shot, longitude, lansat, lemon zest, low-necked, length, lunkhead, lamaist, linguist, limacidae, long-jawed, leoncita, lancewood, langside, long-headed, linseed, linked, long-dated, longshot, lanset, limacoid, langset, Lammas Day, long whist, lancet, langouste, linocut, lammastide, linecut, lounge suit, longsighted, languid, long suit, langsat, lynx-eyed, lengthy, lingcod, luminosity.

Hyponym for Laying waste:

• n.

  • act
    destruction, devastation.