Synonyms for Lays waste:

• v.

  •consume (verb)
  • crush,
  • decay,
  • demolish,
  • raze,
  • wreck,
  • annihilate,
  • overwhelm,
  • lay waste,
  • eat up,
  • ruin,
  • expend,
  • waste,
  • devastate,
  • ravage,
  • extinguish,
  • suppress,
  • exhaust.
  •damages (verb)
  • despoils,
  • depredates,
  • mars,
  • wastes,
  • pillages,
  • vandalizes,
  • ransacks,
  • damages,
  • wreaks havoc,
  • ruins,
  • ravages,
  • rends,
  • spoils.
  •desolate (verb)
  • despoil,
  • devour,
  • Depredate,
  • lay low,
  • sack,
  • depopulate,
  • Spoliate,
  • pillage,
  • plunder,
  • desecrate.
  •destroy (verb)
  • eradicate,
  • butcher,
  • quell,
  • gut,
  • annul,
  • snuff out,
  • impair,
  • dismantle,
  • mutilate,
  • trash,
  • quash,
  • vaporize,
  • abort,
  • liquidate,
  • sabotage,
  • swallow up,
  • level,
  • desolate,
  • deface,
  • maim,
  • erase,
  • blot out,
  • break down,
  • consume,
  • nuke,
  • mar,
  • nullify,
  • ravish,
  • kill,
  • total,
  • overturn,
  • end,
  • damage,
  • maraud,
  • dispatch,
  • shatter,
  • slay,
  • wax,
  • axe,
  • torpedo,
  • tear down,
  • zap,
  • wipe out,
  • exterminate,
  • extirpate,
  • cream,
  • stamp out,
  • smash.
  •destroys (verb)
  • atomizes,
  • knocks down,
  • annihilates,
  • levels,
  • flattens,
  • demolishes,
  • dismantles,
  • exterminates,
  • tears down,
  • extirpates,
  • pulverizes,
  • eradicates,
  • destroys,
  • razes,
  • wrecks,
  • vaporizes,
  • abolishes,
  • rips to shreds,
  • disintegrates,
  • desolates,
  • decimates,
  • devastates,
  • mows down,
  • smashes,
  • bulldozes.
  •devastate (verb)
  • wipe off map.
  •plunder (verb)
  • knock off,
  • moonlight requisition.
  •ransack (verb)
  • take away,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • shake down,
  • make off with,
  • look all over for.
  •ravage (verb)
  • break up,
  • wreak havoc.
  •ruin (verb)
  • decimate,
  • wrack,
  • bring down,
  • impoverish,
  • botch,
  • deplete,
  • make a mess of,
  • break,
  • bankrupt,
  • use up,
  • bust,
  • beggar,
  • defile,
  • spoilate,
  • bring to ruin,
  • disfigure,
  • injure,
  • pauperize,
  • drain,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • reduce,
  • do in,
  • defeat,
  • clean out,
  • mangle,
  • deplore,
  • dilapidate.
  •smash (verb)
  • lay in ruins,
  • put out of commission,
  • put out of action.
  •wreak havoc (verb)
  • play mischief with.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • confiscate,
  • knock over,
  • torment,
  • harass,
  • forage,
  • foray,
  • plague,
  • burn,
  • take apart,
  • seek,
  • beleaguer,
  • overrun,
  • lift,
  • stick up,
  • chivy,
  • trespass,
  • scan,
  • strip,
  • sink,
  • attack,
  • relieve,
  • disturb,
  • grab,
  • seize,
  • leave in ruins,
  • pinch,
  • perturb,
  • rake,
  • purloin,
  • prowl,
  • loot,
  • fleece,
  • irritate,
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • destroy,
  • probe,
  • overhaul,
  • rape,
  • spoil,
  • sweep away,
  • go through,
  • salvage,
  • rustle,
  • peer,
  • requisition,
  • appropriate,
  • wrest,
  • kip,
  • sound,
  • look into,
  • search,
  • upset,
  • invade,
  • worry,
  • tease,
  • prey,
  • irk,
  • poach,
  • investigate,
  • ransack,
  • comb,
  • do one in,
  • scrutinize,
  • topple,
  • harry,
  • snatch,
  • pry,
  • nab,
  • hunt,
  • destruct,
  • bedevil,
  • filch,
  • rob,
  • disrupt,
  • liberate,
  • rifle,
  • gnaw,
  • hassle,
  • spy,
  • trample,
  • thieve,
  • Smash and Grab,
  • pilfer,
  • vex,
  • look high and low,
  • persecute,
  • loft,
  • capture,
  • pirate,
  • arrogate,
  • raid,
  • pull down,
  • create chaos,
  • rip off,
  • steal,
  • badger,
  • molest,
  • overthrow,
  • disorganize,
  • fret,
  • ferret,
  • explore,
  • havoc,
  • trouble,
  • rummage,
  • prostrate,
  • scour,
  • tumble.

Antonyms for Lays waste:

• v.

  • consume
    build, collect, construct, release, store, accumulate, let go, not use, encourage, repair, gather, starve, create, neglect, help, save, fast.
  • desolate
    improve, protect.
  • destroy
    begin, aid, start, restore, preserve, lose, fix, bear, mend, validate, give birth, assist, retain, keep.
  • devastate
    enrich, guard.
  • harry
    order, support, calm, reassure, soothe, pacify, comfort, please, delight, make happy, appease.
  • pauperize
    fill, expand, inspirit, increase, invigorate.
  • pillage
    grow, give, receive, offer, safeguard.
  • ransack
    find, tidy, clean, care for, organize, neaten, ignore.
  • ravage
    liberate, free, surrender, praise, yield.
  • ruin
    cure, decorate, ornament, strengthen, honor, adorn, sanctify, develop, heal, beautify.
  • sack
    employ, hire.
  • smash
    fail.
  • waste
    hoard.