Definition of Lay waste to

1. Verb. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Exact synonyms: Desolate, Devastate, Ravage, Scourge, Waste
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Specialized synonyms: Ruin
Derivative terms: Desolation, Desolation, Desolation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Ravage, Ravaging, Scourge, Waster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Waste To

lay person
lay preacher
lay preachers
lay reader
lay readers
lay rubber
lay siege
lay speaker
lay speakers
lay the groundwork
lay the smack down
lay to rest
lay up
lay waste
lay waste to (current term)
lay witness
laya
layabout
layabouts
layaway
layawayed
layawaying
layaways
layback
laybacked
laybacks
layby
laybys
laydeez

Literary usage of Lay waste to

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... to lay waste, to destroy. G. wilst, waste, wild, desert; Du. wuest, woest, vastus, ... lay waste to ..."

2. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Intrans. to be astonished Ez. 3, 15 ; seq. b? Mic. 6, 13. 2. iq Kal no. 3, to lay waste, to make desolate, eg a land Lev. 26, 31. 32. Ez. 30, 12. 14. 1 1. ..."

3. A First Book in Latin by Hiram Tuell, Harold North Fowler (1903)
"Legatum mittit ut agios vastet, he sends a lieutenant that he may lay waste, in order to lay waste, to lay waste, the fields. 2. Legatum mittit qui (ut is) ..."

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