Usually means: Destroy or devastate completely, thoroughly.
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  1. lay waste: Collins English Dictionary
  2. lay waste: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. lay waste: Wiktionary
  4. lay waste: Dictionary.com
  5. lay waste: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lay waste: Legal dictionary
  2. lay waste: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay waste: Encyclopedia

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  1. lay waste: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

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