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lay waste to > verb, change
Meaning	Devastate or ravage.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Synonyms	waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
Broader	destroy, ruin
Narrower	ruin