• v.
    ⦿cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    lexical concept
  • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:desolate
  2. enl:devastate
  3. enl:lay waste to
  4. enl:ravage
  5. enl:scourge
  6. enl:waste
wn:interlingual indexili:i23674

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • desolatedevastatelay waste toravagescourgewaste
  • desolatelay waste toravagescourge