What is another word for laying waste?
310 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈe͡ɪɪŋ wˈe͡ɪst], [ lˈeɪɪŋ wˈeɪst], [ l_ˈeɪ_ɪ_ŋ w_ˈeɪ_s_t]
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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)
Synonyms for Laying waste:
n.
• act (noun) • depredation (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• consume (verb)- demolish,
- annihilate,
- raze,
- expend,
- overwhelm,
- devastate,
- suppress,
- extinguish,
- eat up,
- ravage,
- lay waste,
- decay,
- exhaust,
- wreck,
- waste,
- crush.
- Depredating,
- spoiling,
- wreaking havoc,
- damaging,
- wasting,
- Marring,
- vandalizing,
- rending,
- ransacking,
- Despoiling,
- pillaging,
- ravaging.
- 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.
- 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.
- molest,
- plague,
- upset,
- harass,
- irk,
- bedevil,
- torment,
- chivy,
- persecute,
- attack,
- fret,
- tease,
- beleaguer,
- perturb,
- vex,
- hassle,
- irritate,
- badger,
- disturb,
- worry,
- trouble,
- gnaw.
- appropriate,
- steal,
- purloin,
- arrogate,
- thieve,
- loot,
- rob,
- ransack,
- confiscate,
- pilfer,
- trespass,
- lift,
- rifle,
- invade,
- pinch,
- strip,
- nab.
- 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.
- 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.
- harry,
- capture,
- trample,
- prostrate,
- sink,
- overrun,
- wrest,
- pull down,
- overthrow,
- sweep away,
- leave in ruins,
- disrupt,
- pirate,
- wreak havoc,
- break up,
- disorganize.
- 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.
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.
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act
destruction, devastation.
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act
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