To Lay Waste
To Mess Up
transitive verb, godan verb
あらす
荒らす (あらす) To Lay Waste, To Mess Up
荒れる (あれる) To Be Stormy, To Be Rough
荒い (あらい) Wild, Rough
荒々しい (あらあらしい) Wild, Rough
嵐 (あらし) Storm, Tempest
滅ぼす (ほろぼす) To Destroy, To Annihilate
A wild 荒 (natural) disaster will Lay Waste 荒らす to everything in its path.
A あ lass らす can Lay Waste to her surroundings when upset.
Alas あらす, everything was Devastated by the flood.