荒らす (Arasu) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to lay waste, to devastate, to damage, to invade”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto lay waste; to devastate; to damage
- godan verb, transitive verbto invade; to break into
- godan verb, transitive verbto troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
Examples
庭を荒らしたのは誰だ。
Who destroyed the garden?
彼らは私の果実園を荒らした。
They robbed my orchard.
その国は長い戦争によって荒らされていた。
The country had been devastated by long war.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).