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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Diomedes	die-ə-MEE-deez (English)	Greek Mythology
Leeba	-	Yiddish
Rina (4)	ṙee-nah	Japanese
Eurwen	-	Welsh
Martino	mahr-TEE-no	Italian
Izabella	ee-zah-BEL-lah (Polish)	Hungarian, Polish