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Synonyms for lay waste

  • verb

Most common

destroy plunder devastate ravage harry wreck sack dissolve

All synonyms

Verb

destroy, ruin, desolate, plunder, devastate, ravage, level, harry, wreck, sack, dissolve, waste rare, ruinate rare

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

Example sentences

  • destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
  • plunder They lived for deeds of daring and plunder.
  • devastate The flood waters will devastate the nearby town.
  • harry Harry is working under the direction of an expert.
  • wreck He confirmed that it was the wreck of the Titanic.

By length

4 letters
ruin2, sack1
5 letters
level2, waste1, harry2, wreck1
6 letters
ravage2
7 letters
destroy2, plunder2, ruinate
8 letters
dissolve2, desolate3
9 letters
devastate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).