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Meanings of
laying waste
in inglés
portugués
ruína
catalán
ruïna
español
desgracia
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Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
ruin
ruining
wrecking
ruination
español
desgracia
Usage of
laying waste
in inglés
1
Others understand all this of an army of locusts
laying
waste
the land.
2
Through Picardy he marched eastward burning and
laying
waste
as before.
3
The Spaniards, Germans, and Lorrainers are in the suburbs
laying
waste
the very gardens.
4
The monster was speedily approaching,
laying
waste
all before it.
5
Then into Wessex went Eadmund, ravaging and
laying
waste
there.
6
I stared at the monster
laying
waste
to the city.
7
They're
laying
waste
to their whole top floor, those boys.
8
The soldiers are going about in bands destroying and
laying
waste
every house and garden.
9
Simple:
laying
waste
to North Korea, and maybe Iran.
10
A civil war which is
laying
waste
the country.
11
But on Tuesday our army will surely march,
laying
waste
the Indian towns and fields.
12
Her people now had the job of redressing the matter by
laying
waste
to Amber.
13
Domestic cats in Kaikōura are
laying
waste
to the eggs of a rare shore bird.
14
Martians invade Great Britain,
laying
waste
turn-of-the-century London.
15
They then changed their tactics and retired before him,
laying
waste
the country as they went.
16
Plant species have climbed uphill, and bark beetles are
laying
waste
to ever-increasing tracts of woodland.
Other examples for "laying waste"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
laying
waste
laying
lay
Verb
Noun
Translations for
laying waste
portugués
ruína
catalán
ruïna
enderroc
aterrament
español
desgracia
ruina
destrozo
arruinamiento
arrasamiento
Laying waste
through the time
Laying waste
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common