laying waste

Definitions of laying waste
  1. noun
    destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
    synonyms: ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking
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    type of:
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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