Synonyms for Laying waste:

• n.

  • act
  • laying waste
  ,
  • ruining
  ,
  • wrecking
  .
  • depredation
  • Despoiling
  ,
  • burglary
  ,
  • crime
  ,
  • desecration
  ,
  • desolation
  ,
  • ransacking
  ,
  • ravaging
  ,
  • sackings
  ,
  • spoliation
  ,
  • spoliations
  ,
  • stealing
  ,
  • theft
  ,
  • wasting
  .

• v.

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

• Other relevant words:

• Brigandage
,
• Freebooting
,
• Levelling
,
• annihilation
,
• assault
,
• attack
,
• banditry
,
• battering
,
• breaking down
,
• breaking up
,
• buccaneering
,
• defilement
,
• demolition
,
• depredation
,
• despoliation
,
• destruction
,
• devastation
,
• havoc
,
• killing
,
• looting
,
• marauding
,
• massacre
,
• mayhem
,
• onslaught
,
• pillage
,
• piracy
,
• plunder
,
• plundering
,
• rack and ruin
,
• rape
,
• rapine
,
• ravages
,
• riot
,
• rioting
,
• robbery
,
• ruination
,
• sacking
,
• slaughter
,
• stripping
,
• unruliness
,
• vandalization
,
• violation
,
• wiping out
.
• consume
• annihilate
,
• crush
,
• decay
,
• demolish
,
• devastate
,
• eat up
,
• exhaust
,
• expend
,
• extinguish
,
• lay waste
,
• overwhelm
,
• ravage
,
• raze
,
• ruin
,
• suppress
,
• waste
,
• wreck
.
• desolate
• Depredate
,
• Spoliate
,
• depopulate
,
• desecrate
,
• despoil
,
• devour
,
• lay low
,
• sack
.
• ruin
• bankrupt
,
• beggar
,
• botch
,
• break
,
• bring down
,
• bust
,
• clean out
,
• decimate
,
• defeat
,
• defile
,
• deplete
,
• deplore
,
• dilapidate
,
• disfigure
,
• do in
,
• drain
,
• impoverish
,
• injure
.

What are the hypernyms for Laying waste?

• Other hypernyms:

  annihilation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, ruination, wrecking.

What are the hyponyms for Laying waste?

• hyponyms for laying waste (as nouns)

  • act
    destruction, devastation.