Synonyms of the word

ravage

• v. (transitive) To devastate or destroy something.
• v. (transitive) To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
• v. (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
• n. Grievous damage or havoc.
• n. Depredation or devastation.

demolition

• n. the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures.

depredation

• n. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
• n. A raid or predatory attack.

desolate

• adj. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
• adj. Barren and lifeless.
• adj. Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
• adj. Dismal or dreary.
• adj. Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
• v. To deprive of inhabitants.
• v. To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
• v. To abandon or forsake something. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English…}
• v. To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

destroy

• v. (transitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
• v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
• v. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
• v. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
• v. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
• v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
• v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.

destruction

• n. The act of destroying.
• n. The results of a destructive event.

devastate

• v. To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a…
• v. To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
• v. To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless…

harry

• v. (transitive) To harass, stress, badger, bother; to distress, trouble, or tire with demands, threats, or…
• v. To strip; to lay waste.

ruin

• n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
• n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
• n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
• n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
• v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
• v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
• v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
• v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

scourge

• n. (uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread…
• n. A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
• n. A whip, often of leather.
• v. To strike with a scourge, to flog.

waste

• n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
• n. Excrement or urine.
• n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
• n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
• n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
• n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays…
• n. A vast expanse of water.
• n. A disused mine or part of one.
• n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
• n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
• n. Gradual loss or decay.
• n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
• n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
• n. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the…
• n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the…
• adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
• adj. Barren; desert.
• adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
• adj. Superfluous; needless.
• adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
• adj. Unfortunate; disappointing.
• v. (transitive) to devastate, destroy.
• v. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
• v. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to…
• v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
• v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
• v. (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences,…

wipeout

• n. The action of the verb "wipe out".