level to the ground

English

Verb

level to the ground (third-person singular simple present levels to the ground, present participle (US) leveling to the ground or (UK) levelling to the ground, simple past and past participle (US) leveled to the ground or (UK) levelled to the ground)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To completely demolish, to raze.

   Synonym: raze to the ground

   They leveled the building to the ground.

Translations

to demolish

• Arabic: سوّاه بالارض
• Azerbaijani: yerlə bir etmək
• Georgian: მიწასთან გასწორება (mic̣astan gasc̣oreba)
• German: dem Erdboden gleichmachen (de)
• Hungarian: a földdel tesz egyenlővé
• Swedish: jämna med marken (sv)
• Turkish: yerle bir etmek

Further reading

• “level (something) to the ground” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.