lay+waste
1lay waste — To lay waste to something is to destroy it …
2lay waste to — lay waste (to (something)) to destroy something. Last night, rabbits laid waste to the lettuce I was going to pick today. The army laid waste to the countryside as it moved south …
3lay waste — (to (something)) to destroy something. Last night, rabbits laid waste to the lettuce I was going to pick today. The army laid waste to the countryside as it moved south …
4lay waste — ► lay waste (to) completely destroy. Main Entry: ↑waste …
5lay waste to — ► lay waste (to) completely destroy. Main Entry: ↑waste …
6lay waste — index beat (defeat), damage, denude, despoil, destroy (efface), eliminate (eradicate) …
7lay waste to — index extinguish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8lay 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 …
9lay waste — DEVASTATE, wipe out, destroy, demolish, annihilate, raze, ruin, wreck, level, flatten, ravage, pillage, sack, despoil. → lay * * * lay waste To devastate • • • Main Entry: ↑lay lay waste To devastate • • • Main Entry: ↑waste …
10lay waste to — any further testing at this site will lay waste to an irreplaceable ecosystem Syn: devastate, wipe out, destroy, demolish, annihilate, raze, ruin, wreck, level, flatten, ravage, pillage, sack, despoil …
