lay waste to(v = verb.change) desolate, devastate, ravage, scourge, waste - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
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