LAY WASTE
ADJECTIVES
► VASTATE laid waste; devastated → 1629 obs.
NOUNS
► VASTATION 1. the act of laying waste, devastating, or destroying; also, an instance of this → 1545 obs.
2. the fact or condition of being devastated or laid waste → 1578 obs.
► VASTITUDE devastation; a laying waste → 1545 obs.
VERBS
► VAST to lay waste; to destroy → 1434 obs.
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