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Definition of Lay waste to
1. Verb. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Specialized synonyms: Ruin
Derivative terms: Desolation, Desolation, Desolation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Ravage, Ravaging, Scourge, Waster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Waste To
Literary usage of Lay waste to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... to lay waste, to destroy. G. wilst, waste, wild, desert; Du. wuest, woest,
vastus, ... lay waste to ..."
2. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Intrans. to be astonished Ez. 3, 15 ; seq. b? Mic. 6, 13. 2. iq Kal no. 3, to
lay waste, to make desolate, eg a land Lev. 26, 31. 32. Ez. 30, 12. 14. 1 1. ..."
3. A First Book in Latin by Hiram Tuell, Harold North Fowler (1903)
"Legatum mittit ut agios vastet, he sends a lieutenant that he may lay waste, in
order to lay waste, to lay waste, the fields. 2. Legatum mittit qui (ut is) ..."
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