level to the ground

verb

To completely demolish, to raze.

“They leveled the building to the ground.”

Similar
raze to the ground
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Meanings

verblevel 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)

present singular third person levels to the ground · US participle present leveling to the ground · UK participle present levelling to the ground · US participle past leveled to the ground · US past leveled to the ground · UK participle past levelled to the ground · UK past levelled to the ground

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo completely demolish, to raze.

    They leveled the building to the ground.

    Synonyms: raze to the ground

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo completely demolish, to raze.

Similar
raze to the ground

Translations

Arabic سوّاه بالارض
  • سوّاه بالارضto demolish
German dem Erdboden gleichmachen
  • dem Erdboden gleichmachento demolish
Hungarian a földdel tesz egyenlővé
  • a földdel tesz egyenlővéto demolish
Swedish jämna med marken
  • jämna med markento demolish
Turkish yerle bir etmek
  • yerle bir etmekto demolish
Cite this entry
APA

level to the ground. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20to%20the%20ground

MLA

“level to the ground.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20to%20the%20ground. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “level to the ground,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20to%20the%20ground.

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