lay waste to (v)
waste (v)
devastate (v)
desolate#1 (v)
ravage#1 (v)
scourge#2 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
examples The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym destroy, ruin
Derivationally related form scourge → scourge
Derivationally related form ravage → ravage; ravage → ravaging
Derivationally related form desolate → desolation; desolate → desolation; desolate → desolation
Derivationally related form devastate → devastation; devastate → devastation
Derivationally related form devastate → devastation; devastate → devastation
Derivationally related form waste → waster
Hyponym ruin
Incoming links
Derivationally related form devastation → devastate; devastation → devastate
Derivationally related form ravaging → ravage; ravage → ravage
Derivationally related form desolation → desolate; desolation → desolate; desolation → desolate
Derivationally related form devastation → devastate; devastation → devastate
Derivationally related form waster → waste
Derivationally related form scourge → scourge
Hyponym destroy, ruin
Hypernym ruin

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