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Lay waste to   /leɪ weɪst tu/   Listen
Lay waste to

verb
1.
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.  Synonyms: desolate, devastate, ravage, scourge, waste.






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"Lay waste to" Quotes from Famous Books



... minded, only let not this quarrel hereafter be to me and thee a sore strife between us both. And this moreover will I say to thee, and do thou lay it to they heart; whene'er I too be of eager mind to lay waste to a city where is the race of men that are dear to thee, hinder thou not my wrath, but let me be, even as I yield to thee of free will, yet with soul unwilling. For all cities beneath sun and starry heaven that are the dwelling of mortal men, holy Ilios was most honoured of my heart, and Priam and ...
— The Iliad of Homer • Homer (Lang, Leaf, Myers trans.)



Words linked to "Lay waste to" :   ruin, desolate, scourge, destroy



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