(v) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly, Syn. waste, scourge, desolate, ravage, devastate, Example:The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
[あらす, arasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to lay waste; to devastate; to damage; (2) to invade; to break into; (3) (col) { comp } to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam; (P)