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How to pronounce laying waste in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking
Type of destruction, devastation

Examples of laying waste

laying waste
Laying waste to Israel lays waste to the dream of a Palestinian state as well.
From the economist.com
He accused the company of exploiting its workers and laying waste to forests.
From the economist.com
In the fall of 2008, Jonathan Titcher was 28 years old and laying waste to his life.
From the latimes.com
On average, wildfires were laying waste to 30m acres of woodland a year in the 1930s.
From the economist.com
Meanwhile, Google has spent the summer laying waste to vast swathes of its product line.
From the techcrunch.com
He's mainly interested in laying waste to McMansions and gigantic SUVs.
From the philly.com
They responded by burning cars and laying waste the Parliament complex.
From the economist.com
Then these two mini-Kalis will fly through your web page, laying waste to all that exists.
From the techcrunch.com
He played like a computer, and by the late 1960s was laying waste to his fellow grandmasters.
From the guardian.co.uk