[DOC] [TLE] Lay waste | Define Lay waste at Dictionary.com [PAR] Lay waste definition, to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without 
adequate return; use to no avail or profit; ... to destroy or consume gradually; 
wear away:. [DOC] [TLE] lay waste - Wiktionary [PAR] (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region. ... 
Thus, "...they laid waste to Russia's great cities" would be an acceptable... [DOC] [TLE] Laid waste - definition of laid waste by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Define laid waste. laid waste synonyms, laid waste pronunciation, laid waste ... [
C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastre to lay waste, from vastus ... 3. 
to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore. [DOC] [TLE] devastate - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com [PAR] If a storm devastates your town, it comes pretty close to destroying it. ... The root 
of the word is the Latin vastare which means to lay waste, which comes from ... 
Imagine a city laid waste after a major earthquake and you've got the picture! [DOC] [TLE] waste - Websters Dictionary 1828 [PAR] WASTE, verb transitive [G., Latin ]. 1. ... To destroy in enmity; to desolate; as, to 
waste an enemys country. 5. ... Destitute; stripped; as lands laid waste. 4. ... 
Worthless; that which is rejected, or used only for mean purposes; as waste wood
. 6. [DOC] [TLE] Lay-waste dictionary definition | lay-waste defined - YourDictionary [PAR] Verb. (third-person singular simple present lays waste, present participle laying 
waste, simple past and past participle laid waste). To completely destroy... [DOC] [TLE] Revelation 18:17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ... [PAR] For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste. And all ... because in a 
single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's .... Jonah 1:
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O  Jump to
... [DOC] [TLE] devastate - definition of devastate in English | Oxford Dictionaries [PAR] destroy or ruin, cause (someone) severe and overwhelming ... Meaning, 
pronunciation, example sentences, and more from Oxford Dictionaries. ... Mid 
17th century: from Latin devastat- laid waste, from the verb devastare, from de- 
thoroughly +... [DOC] [TLE] waste adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ... [PAR] Definition of wasteadjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. ... (formal) 
to destroy a place completely The invading army laid waste to towns and... [DOC] [TLE] waste - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] A place that has been laid waste or destroyed. n. A large tract .... Non Germanic 
cognates include Latin vastus ("waste, desert") and Albanian vjesht ("autumn"). [DOC] [TLE] Scorched earth - Wikipedia [PAR] A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy that targets anything that might be 
useful to the ... The strategy of destroying the food and water supply of the civilian 
.... off the resources of the Swedes, the whole country was laid waste and 
plundered; .... without means to survive since crops and livestock were also 
destroyed. [DOC] [TLE] Does the bible agree with the Gap Theory? [PAR] All life was destroyed upon the earth (Jeremiah 4:23-29), so God had to remake 
.... of the Old Testament, translated Genesis 1:2 as "and the earth was laid waste. 
... the meaning of the word "foundation," or "katabole" in the Greek, means 'cast... [DOC] [TLE] Civilization of Latin America is a volume which reveals the elements ... [PAR] nature itself has conspired to hasten this destruction by means of devastating 
earthquakes periodically recurring, which have laid waste whole cities and ... the 
Inca capital by destroying colonial edifices . . . to rebuild Cuzco in colonial style... [DOC] [TLE] Abaddon - The Latter Rain Page [PAR] Abaddon is the destroying angel of the bottomless pit. ... His name in Greek was

Question: From the Latin for "laid waste", it means to destroy
Answer: devastate