reduced to ashes
Example Sentences
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"We have witnessed a devastating scene inside. The entire import section has been reduced to ashes," said Faisal Samad, director of the BGMEA.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
A Maui tourist hub looks like a wasteland, with homes and entire blocks reduced to ashes in one of the deadliest U.S. blazes in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
A mayor told Greek television that more than 7,000 acres of land was reduced to ashes along a coast, where many Athenians have holiday homes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2023
“It’s a simple choice,” Guillaume Delbar, the mayor of Roubaix, where the headquarters of a digital company was reduced to ashes during the riots, told the French media this week.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
The house where she lived with the grandmother who had raised her was reduced to ashes.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
