verwoesten

Meaning

to lay waste, devastate

Concepts

destroy

ruin

quash

dash

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devastate

demolish

annihilate

overthrow

wreck

waste

lay waste

ravage

trash

destruction

spoil

pull down

wrack

take down

extinguish

havoc

impoverish

knock out

demolish dash

blight

retard

batter down

shatter

smash up

unbuild

damage

decimate

depredate

break down

breakdown

break

dispel

eliminate

eradicate

expunge

exterminate

Synonyms

vernietigen

vernielen

slopen

ruïneren

verwoesting

vernieling

vernietiging

afbreken

verijdelen

leegmaken

neerhalen

te niet doen

decimeren

annihileren

doden

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doen mislukken

kapot maken

liquideren

schade aanrichten

schaden

zwaar beschadigen

Etymology

Derived from woest (“inhospitable, desolate”). Equivalent to woest + ver- -en. Compare Middle Dutch woesten (“to destroy, waste, plunder”).