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View definitions for lays waste

lays waste

verb as in waste

verb as in wreak havoc

verb as in pauperize

verb as in consume

verb as in desolate

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Example Sentences

A chief named Untamo lays waste the territory of his brother Kalervo, and carries off his wife.

As for a military hospital, while war lays waste the world, there is no place where there is more peace and contentment.

A pound or so of it, man, lays waste a square mile of anything!

Egfrid sends Beort with an army into Ireland and lays waste the country.

The taxation of the land and of all its products lays waste thousands of square miles in this country.

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On this page you'll find 681 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lay waste, such as: devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, overwhelm, and ravage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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