reduce sth to sth
— phrasal verb with reduce uk/rɪˈdʒuːs/us/rɪˈduːs/verb [ I or T ]
C2 to cause something, especially a large structure, to be destroyed and broken into pieces:
Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins/rubble.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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