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LAYING WASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laying waste mean?
• LAYING WASTE (noun)
The noun LAYING WASTE has 1 sense:
1. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Familiarity information: LAYING WASTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
laying waste; ruin; ruination; ruining; wrecking
Hypernyms ("laying waste" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
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