level to the ground

English

Verb

level to the ground (third-person singular simple present levels to the ground, present participle levelling to the ground or (US) leveling to the ground, simple past and past participle levelled to the ground or (US) leveled 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
• 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., 2003–2024.