lay waste to

lay waste to
verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

Syn: ↑waste, ↑devastate, ↑desolate, ↑ravage, ↑scourge
Derivationally related forms: ↑scourge (for: ↑scourge), ↑ravage (for: ↑ravage), ↑ravaging (for: ↑ravage), ↑desolation (for: ↑desolate), ↑devastation (for: ↑devastate), ↑waster (for: ↑waste)
Hypernyms: ↑destroy, ↑ruin
Hyponyms: ↑ruin
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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lay waste to (or lay something (to) waste)
completely destroy

a land laid waste by war

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lay waste to
: to cause very bad damage to (something)

The fire laid waste to the land. [=the fire caused great destruction to the land]

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Main Entry:lay
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lay waste to — see lay, 1
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Main Entry:waste

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