LAY WASTE TO

• (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

  "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

  synonyms : desolate , devastate , ravage , scourge , waste

  The cyclone ravaged the whole city -added by sradha_inlas

  totally desolated the city with aerial bombs -added by nithi

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