lay waste to

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Verb

lay waste to - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

devastate, ravage, scourge, desolate, waste

ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"

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The closure of CNG industry will lay waste to the Rs450 billion investment and leave many jobless, said the central leader of APCNGA Ghiyas Paracha.

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This is mutually assured destruction, with you as a nuclear nation hovering your hands over the Big Red Button, ready to lay waste to cities, continents and ultimately the world itself.

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He said that food grown over 1.4 billion hectares, an area larger than China, is wasted annually which also lay waste to all the investment.

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ONCE again developers' greed is about to lay waste to a tract of Powys countryside.