Lay waste
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 25 crossword solutions for Lay waste.
We have deemed Lay waste as a RARE crossword clue as we have not seen it in many (if any) crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "RUIN".
Crossword Answers
4 letters
RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
SACK
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
RASE
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
RAID
Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
5 letters
HARRY
Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
SMASH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
6 letters
DEFEAT
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
PESTER
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
RAVAGE
(usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"
7 letters
DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
RUNWILD
RANSACK
Search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
PLUNDER
Goods or money obtained illegally
PILLAGE
The act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
CONSUME
Engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
DESPOIL
Destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
8 letters
DEMOLISH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
DESOLATE
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
9 letters
DEVASTATE
Overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"