lay to waste

lay something to waste

and lay waste to something

Fig. to destroy something; to ruin or mess up something. The invaders laid the village to waste. The kids came in and laid waste to my clean house.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Erna (2)	ER-nah (Swedish)	Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Kore	-	Greek Mythology
Kleio	-	Greek Mythology
Gerdina	-	Dutch
MÁRcio	-	Portuguese
Irma	EER-mah (German, Finnish), UR-mə (English)	German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient G