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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
- Example: "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
[syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lay waste to
    v 1: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
         waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay
         waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage,
         scourge]