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LAYING WASTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Synonyms:
laying waste; ruin; ruination; ruining; wrecking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("laying waste" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)