wear, Lay waste to, time-worn, Fentanyl Is Laying Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade

 

Fentanyl Is Laying Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade

Reshaping the drug war in one of Central America’s most lawless corners, the fentanyl boom has devastated the trade in poppies used to make heroin.

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Definitions of lay waste to. verb. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. “The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion” synonyms: desolate, devastate, ravage, scourge, waste.

Lay waste to - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

time-worn

adjective

1. damaged or made less interesting or attractive as a result of age or much use.

   "the time-worn faces of the veterans"