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Laying waste   /lˈeɪɪŋ weɪst/   Listen
Laying waste

noun
1.
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.  Synonyms: ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking.






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"Laying waste" Quotes from Famous Books



... renowned. On a rising knoll were gathered the valiant men of Sing-Sing, assisting marvelously in the fight by chanting the great song of St. Nicholas; but as to the Gardeniers of Hudson, they were absent on a marauding party, laying waste ...
— Washington Irving • Charles Dudley Warner

... afternoon, November 28th, until Friday morning, December 2nd, they ranged through the beautiful Valley of Loudoun and a portion of Fauquier county, burning and laying waste. They robbed the people of everything they could destroy or carry off—horses, cows, cattle, sheep, hogs, etc.; killing poultry, insulting women, pillaging houses, and in many cases robbing ...
— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head



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