reduced to ashes
Destroyed by fire
Reduced to ashes describes something completely destroyed by fire, burned until nothing remains but powdery residue.
The phrase appears in accounts of cremation, disaster, and deliberate destruction: The cathedral was reduced to ashes during the bombing.
Figuratively, it can describe total ruin of non-physical things: His reputation was reduced to ashes by the scandal.
- incineratedDestroyed by fire
- burned downDestroyed by fire
- charredBurned until black
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
cremated · scorched · scorched earth · annihilated · smoldering · eradicated · carbonized · razed · gone up in flames · up in smoke · phoenix · ruined · immolated · burnt offering · transience · conflagration · purified · singed
reduced to ashesintact
Not damaged or altered
whole · preserved · unscathed · undamaged · in one piece
reduced to ashesunharmed
Not injured
unburned · undestroyed · fireproof · fire-resistant · unsinged
reduced to ashesstanding
Position, physical or social
surviving · enduring · eternal · imperishable · indestructible
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