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lay waste to

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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

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Variants

synonym
desolate
pasttense
layed waste to
presentparticiple
laying waste to
thirdpersonsingular
lays waste to
pastparticiple
layed waste to

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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