Usually means: Destroy or devastate completely and thoroughly.
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  1. lay waste to: Merriam-Webster
  2. lay waste to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lay waste to: Vocabulary.com
  4. lay waste to: Dictionary.com
  5. lay waste to: Rhymezone
  6. lay waste to: FreeDictionary.org
  7. lay waste to: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. lay waste to: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay waste to: Legal dictionary

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

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  1. lay waste to: Idioms

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verb:  devastate or ravage ("The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion")


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