level to the ground
Demolished to nothing
To level something to the ground is to demolish it completely, reducing a structure to the flat earth beneath it: The earthquake leveled the village to the ground.
The phrase emphasizes total destruction—nothing left standing.
Sometimes shortened to simply level: They leveled the old factory.
- razeDestroy completely
- reduce to rubbleDestroy utterly, leaving fragments
- gradeClassification by rank
- demolishDestroy completely
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
wipe out · flatten · scrape · bulldoze · mow down · smooth · annihilate · topple · lay waste · crush · tear down · burn down · pave · smash · dismantle · clear away · tamp · wreck
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