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The 8th Air Force used these bombers (except the B-29) along with the RAF to lay waste to entire German cities, 15 of which were almost totally destroyed.
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Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
These destructive pests can lay waste to an entire patch of squash in short order.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
As automation and globalization continue to lay waste to the backbreaking work of the past, jobs associated with the most specialized of skills sets are exploding.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Tactical nuclear weapons, as the term implies, are far smaller and less powerful than strategic nuclear armaments such as intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying nuclear payloads that could lay waste to large population centers.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
These destructive pests can lay waste to an entire patch of squash in short order.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
As automation and globalization continue to lay waste to the backbreaking work of the past, jobs associated with the most specialized of skills sets are exploding.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Tactical nuclear weapons, as the term implies, are far smaller and less powerful than strategic nuclear armaments such as intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying nuclear payloads that could lay waste to large population centers.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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“Lay waste to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%20waste%20to. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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