reduced to rubble
Razed to nothing
Reduced to rubble describes something—usually a building or structure—that has been completely destroyed, leaving only broken fragments and debris.
The phrase typically appears in contexts of war, natural disaster, or demolition: The earthquake reduced the village to rubble.
It can extend figuratively to anything thoroughly demolished: His argument was reduced to rubble under cross-examination.
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
blown to bits · bomb site · wreckage · annihilation · shambles · bombing · downfall · firestorm · total destruction · remnants · fragments · disintegration · flattened out · nothing left · obliteration · earthquake · catastrophe · devastation
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
reduced to rubblestanding
Position, physical or social
intact · undamaged · whole · unscathed · in one piece
reduced to rubblerebuilt
Constructed anew
reconstructed · restored · erected · raised · built up
reduce, reduced, reduces, reducing, reduction, reductions, reducer, reducible, irreducible