lay waste

lay waste
опустошать; опустошить

to lay waste — опустошать, разорять

Синонимический ряд:
1. destroy (verb) desolate; despoil; destroy; devastate; ravage; ruin; sack; strip
2. raze (verb) demolish; overthrow; raze; scrap; smash; wreck

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