Translation for "to lay waste" to spanish

To lay waste

verb

• devastar

Translation examples

devastar verb

(Devastate, verb, to lay waste, to render desolate;
(«Devastar», verbo, destruir, arruinar o asolar;

Hannibal took this dream to mean that he was destined to lay waste to all of Italy.
Aníbal interpretó su sueño como que estaba destinado a devastar toda Italia.

The Demons, he warned them, now approached Arborlon, there to exterminate the last of the Elven people, to lay waste to the city, and to take back again the land they had lost centuries ago.
Los demonios, advirtió, se dirigían ahora hacia Arbolon, para exterminar a todo el pueblo de los elfos, para devastar la ciudad y recuperar la tierra que perdieron siglos antes.

In the last two books, HERETICS OF DUNE and CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE, he had introduced a new threat— the reviled Honored Matres— who proceeded to lay waste to much of the galaxy.
En los dos últimos libros, Herejes de Dune y Casa capitular de Dune, introdujo una nueva amenaza, las vilipendiadas Honorables Matres, que procedían a devastar gran parte de la galaxia.

How can we not share the terror of the people alive at the time, knowing that the Mongol troops were able, over a period of a few months, to lay waste to Baghdad, Damascus, Cracow in Poland and the Chinese province of Szechuan.
¡Cómo no comprender el terror de los contemporáneos, cuando se sabe que las tropas de los mogoles pudieron entonces, con algunos meses de intervalo, devastar Bagdad, Damasco, Cracovia en Polonia y la provincia china de Szechwan!