Antonyms for lay waste

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : weyst

Phonetic Transcription : weɪst

Definition of lay waste

Origin : c.1200, "desolate regions," from Old French wast, from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).
Replaced Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meaning "useless expenditure" is recorded from c.1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c.1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850. Waste-paper first recorded 1580s.

As in ruination : noun ruin
As in pillage : verb plunder, destroy
As in plunder : verb ravage, steal
As in ransack : verb turn inside out in search; ravage
As in ravage : verb destroy, ransack
As in ruin : verb devastate, destroy
As in sack : verb raid, plunder
As in smash : verb defeat, destroy
As in waste : verb ruin, destroy
As in wreak havoc : verb cause destruction
As in harrow : verb sack
As in pauperize : verb ruin
As in spoliate : verb sack
As in consume : verb destroy
As in desolate : verb ravage, destroy
As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
As in devastate : verb demolish, destroy
As in harry : verb pester, annoy

Example sentences :

There were no forests to lay waste here, nor marshes to be drained.
Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter

You may lay waste its fertile valleys and verdant hill-sides.
Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

There are a thousand of them, and they can lay waste this island, if they get going.
Extract from : « No Defense, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

I will lay waste this duchy of hers, though in the end the emperor crush me.
Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath

The Fabians roamed about in order to lay waste the enemys territory.
Extract from : « Selections from Viri Romae » by Charles Franois L'Homond

Could you lay waste this land, which gave you birth and nurtured you?
Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 » by Titus Livius

The land that Hrapp had owned all lay waste, as has been told before.
Extract from : « Laxdla Saga » by Anonymous

I'll do yet to these knights as I did before; I'll lay waste their lands, or ever I turn again.
Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

The Master said, To tell unto the dust all that we hear upon the way is to lay waste the mind.
Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius

Passing by Tegea, Agis entered the district of Mantinea, and having pitched his camp began to lay waste the country.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

Synonyms for lay waste

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