lay waste
v.
destroy, completely ruin
lay waste
damage, wreck, plunder The Vikings raided Scotland's coast, laying waste the villages.
lay waste
Synonyms and related words:
assault, attack, barbarize, batter, bring to ruin, brutalize, burn, butcher, carry on, condemn, confound, consume, damn, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, engorge, go on, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, hammer, havoc, incinerate, lay in ruins, loot, maul, mug, pillage, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, ravage, rave, riot, roar, ruin, ruinate, sack, savage, shipwreck, slaughter, sow chaos, storm, swallow up, tear, tear around, terrorize, throw into disorder, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, violate, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
lay waste
phrv. สูญเสีย, ปล่อยให้เสีย(บางสิ่ง)ไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์; ทำลาย