How to pronounce “lay waste to” in English

what Grant envisioned his doing, and Sheridan actually did it in the Shenandoah Valley before Sherman did it in Georgia, is go into anagriculturally productive area, burn the mills, kill the livestock, destroy the crops, lay waste to it so that it can't be a logistical support of theConfederacy anymore. Sheridan did it in the Shenandoah Valley, and then Sherman did it in Georgia. But Sherman said, "But I'm also going to break them