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lay waste to
Overview of verb lay-waste-to
The verb lay waste to has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge -- (devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")
Antonyms of verb lay-waste-to
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lay-waste-to
1 sense of lay waste to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> destroy, ruin
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lay-waste-to
1 sense of lay waste to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> ruin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lay-waste-to
1 sense of lay waste to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> destroy, ruin
'Cause To' of verb lay-waste-to
Derived Forms of verb lay-waste-to
Domain of verb lay-waste-to
Domain Terms of verb lay-waste-to
Familiarity of verb lay-waste-to
lay waste to used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb lay-waste-to
1 sense of lay waste to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb lay-waste-to
1 sense of lay waste to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
> destroy, ruin
=> burn, fire, burn down
=> lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> harry, ravage
=> break
=> break, bust
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> do a job on
=> subvert
=> get
=> devour
=> rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
=> explode
=> consume
=> shipwreck
=> bust up, wreck, wrack
=> kick in, kick down
=> wash out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lay-waste-to
Sense 1
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> destroy, ruin
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