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• v  cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• waste
• devastate
• desolate
• ravage
• scourge

News & Articles

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• First frost to hit crops, boost fall color
  Jack Frost will creep into Hendersonville in the wee hours of Thursday morning to lay a widespread frost over the region, which threatens to lay waste to sensitive vegetation left uncovered.
  Oct. 22, 2013 - The Hendersonville Times-News