Especially was the Pariàn or Alcayceria wasted by fire and sword.

They rode all night through a most desolate country, wasted by fire and sword in all directions.

The country had been wasted by fire and sword: cottages burnt out, trampled gardens, green cornlands black and bruised-desolationeverywhere, but no life.

When he reached the spot he found nothing but charred logs, blasted trees, and ashes, as if the spot had been wasted by fire.