"level to the ground" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: levels to the ground [present, singular, third-person], levelling to the ground [participle, present], leveling to the ground [US, participle, present], levelled to the ground [participle, past], levelled to the ground [past], leveled to the ground [US, participle, past], leveled to the ground [US, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++*|past2=leveled to the ground|past2_qual=US|pres_ptc2=leveling to the ground|pres_ptc2_qual=US}} level to the ground (third-person singular simple present levels to the ground, present participle levelling to the ground or (US) leveling to the ground, simple past and past participle levelled to the ground or (US) leveled to the ground)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To completely demolish, to raze. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: raze to the ground Translations (to demolish): سوّاه بالارض (Arabic), dem Erdboden gleichmachen (German), a földdel tesz egyenlővé (Hungarian), jämna med marken (Swedish), yerle bir etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-level_to_the_ground-en-verb-QF5qHBo9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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