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荒す is an exact match with one form of the following word:
荒らす
BOOST
Reading : あらす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
2. to invade; to break into
3. to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam  (computer terminology; colloquialism)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 93,619 which gives a rank of 5,988
荒らす is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,850,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5796 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14699
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
てんねん
天然
しぜん
自然
らされていく
ざんねん
残念
こと
It's a shame the way natural resources are wasted.
その
くに
なが
せんそう
戦争
によって
らされていた

The country had been devastated by long war.
かれ
わたし
かじつえん
果実園
らした

They robbed my orchard.
あらす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 423,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3348
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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荒す
BOOST
Reading : あらす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,850,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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コウ   あら violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste   
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grass   
ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
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