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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.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Expected to lay waste to the field, the Senna-Williams combination seemed almost cursed with multiple problems every week before the San Marino Grand Prix.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Soon after, Shadowlands forces break through the Crab’s giant wall and start to lay waste to the country side.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Several blockbusters have already been moved off their 2024 release dates, as the strike continues to lay waste to the theatrical calendar.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Oct. 2023
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Expected to lay waste to the field, the Senna-Williams combination seemed almost cursed with multiple problems every week before the San Marino Grand Prix.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Soon after, Shadowlands forces break through the Crab’s giant wall and start to lay waste to the country side.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Several blockbusters have already been moved off their 2024 release dates, as the strike continues to lay waste to the theatrical calendar.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Oct. 2023
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“Lay waste to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%20waste%20to. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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