Meaning

1 senses

  1. To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

    verheeren, verwüsten

    опустоша́тьopustošátʹ, опустоши́тьopustošítʹ, разоря́тьrazorjátʹ

    спусто́шуватиspustóšuvaty, спусто́шитиspustóšyty, розоря́тиrozorjáty

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The soldiers laid waste to the city.

    deDie Soldaten legten die Stadt in Schutt und Asche. — Ruba

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The marauders laid waste to the town and surrounding villages.

    darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to completely destroy:
Русский
By meaning 1
to completely destroy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to completely destroy:

Forms

lays waste, laying waste, laid waste, laid waste
Base formlay waste · to lay waste
3rd person singularlays waste
Present participlelaying waste
Past simplelaid waste
Past participlelaid waste

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylay waste
he, she, itlays waste

Past simpleLesson

all personslaid waste

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave laid waste
he, she, ithas laid waste

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lay waste

Synonyms

53 synonyms
devastateB1ravageB2destroyA2dashB2demolishB2diffuseC2disperseC2dissolveB1eliminateB1jazzB1levelB2overthrowB2overturnB2raceB1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
laxativelayB1layerB1laymanlayoff

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

lay waste — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto