- lay waste
- {v. phr.}, {literary} To cause wide and great damage to; destroy and leave in ruins; wreck. * /Enemy soldiers laid waste the land./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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lay waste — To lay waste to something is to destroy it … The small dictionary of idiomes
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lay waste — ► lay waste (to) completely destroy. Main Entry: ↑waste … English terms dictionary
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lay waste to — verb cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion • Syn: ↑waste, ↑devastate, ↑desolate, ↑ravage, ↑scourge • Derivationally related forms: ↑scourge … Useful english dictionary
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