raze to the ground



raze something to the ground

to tear down something, usually a building, to ground level. The council decided to raze the old city hall to the ground. This building is to be razed to the ground.
See also: ground

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gaiane-Ancient Greek
ÉLodiee-lo-DEEFrench
Emmett['emit]
MitchMICHEnglish
Helena['helinə]
Sanjay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali