Create
Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Lay waste
Both terms in one sentence
-
In Richard Ryan's Funnelweb (1998), a nuclear accident has caused mutations which create giant funnelweb spiders (which are one of the most poisonous of all spiders) which lay waste to Sydney and bring Australia to its knees as it is quarantined by the rest of the world.
Source: Giant Spider aka: Giant Spiders
Cite this Source
Lay waste and Create. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/lay_waste
Create & Lay waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/lay_waste>.
Lay waste or Create. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/lay_waste.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "create" and "lay waste" have occurred on timeline