| Main Entry: | wreak havoc |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause destruction |
Synonyms: |
create chaos, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, lay waste, play mischief with, ravage, ruin, wreck |
| Main Entry: | despoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
Synonyms: |
denude, depopulate, depredate, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, spoliate, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, unite |
Synonyms: |
arouse, assemble, awaken, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, call to arms, challenge, charge, collect, come about, come to order, come together, convene, counterattack, encourage, fire, gather, get together, inspirit, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, reassemble, redouble, reform, refresh, regroup, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, waken, whet, wreak havoc |
Antonyms: |
disperse, divide, scatter |
| Main Entry: | ravage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, ransack |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, break up, capture, consume, cream*, crush, damage, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, dismantle, disorganize, disrupt, exterminate, extinguish, forage, foray, gut, harry, impair, lay waste, leave in ruins, loot, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, prostrate, pull down, raid, rape, raze, rob, ruin, sack, seize, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out, strip, sweep away, total*, trample, trash, waste, wreak havoc, wreck, wrest |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, lay waste, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, reduce, sack, spoil, spoliate, wreak havoc |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
Antonyms: |
build, create, preserve |
| Concept: | Waste. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; rubbish (useless)., mountain in labor.
-verbs
spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse., cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander., "waste its sweetness on the desert air " [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a weel; labor in vain (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve., leak (run out); run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.
-adjectives
wasted; at a low ebb., wasteful (prodigal); penny wise and pound foolish.
-phrases
magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].
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