lay waste

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lay waste (to something)

to destroy something. Last night, rabbits laid waste to the lettuce I was going to pick today. The army laid waste to the countryside as it moved south.

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The First and Foremost intended to take all the treasures of Oz for himself; to kill all who could be killed and enslave the rest; to destroy and lay waste the whole country, and afterward to conquer and enslave the Nomes, the Growleywogs and the Whimsies. The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context The Trojans refusing, they first assault the city, and then go out and lay waste the country and cities round about. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context So, while the blacks were wroth at the continued pilfering of their fields, they were not discouraged in their efforts to cultivate the land, as would have been the case had Tarzan permitted his people to lay waste the plantation wantonly. Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

The First and Foremost intended to take all the treasures of Oz for himself; to kill all who could be killed and enslave the rest; to destroy and lay waste the whole country, and afterward to conquer and enslave the Nomes, the Growleywogs and the Whimsies.

The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

The Trojans refusing, they first assault the city, and then go out and lay waste the country and cities round about.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

So, while the blacks were wroth at the continued pilfering of their fields, they were not discouraged in their efforts to cultivate the land, as would have been the case had Tarzan permitted his people to lay waste the plantation wantonly.

Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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