laying waste
1laying waste — noun destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined • Syn: ↑ruin, ↑ruining, ↑ruination, ↑wrecking • Derivationally related forms: ↑wreck (for: ↑wrecking), ↑ …
2waste — [[t]we͟ɪst[/t]] ♦♦ wastes, wasting, wasted 1) VERB If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed. [V n ing] There could be many reasons… …
3Laying — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
4lay waste — damage, wreck, plunder The Vikings raided Scotland s coast, laying waste the villages …
5To lay waste — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
6depopulatio agrorum — Laying waste the fields, the crime of destroying or ravaging a country, bordering upon treason. See 4 Bl Comm 373 …
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