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harry | lay_waste | Synonyms |

Harry is a synonym of lay_waste.


As a proper noun harry

is , also used as a pet form of henry and harold.

As a verb lay_waste is

to completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

harry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To bother; to trouble.
  • We shall harry the enemy at every turn until his morale breaks and he is at our mercy.
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  • (Shakespeare)
  • To strip; to lay waste.
  • The Northmen came several times and harried the land.
  • * Washington Irving
  • to harry this beautiful region
  • * J. Burroughs
  • A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.

    Synonyms

    * bother, disturb, harass, trouble, worry

    Derived terms

    * harrier ----

    lay_waste

    English

    Verb

  • To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 16:
  • Thirsting for revenge, his troops stormed the fortress of Kazan on the upper Volga in 1553, slaughtering the defenders just as the Mongols had done when they laid waste Russia's great cities.

    Usage notes

    Sometimes takes "to" instead of being simply transitive. Thus, "...they laid waste to Russia's great cities" would be an acceptable alternative to the quote above.