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
Avrum	-	Yiddish
Hayleigh	HAY-lee	English (Modern)
Unice	-	English (Rare)
Catarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)	Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician
Wat	WAHT	English
Danko	-	Croatian, Serbian