reduced to ashes

Example Sentences

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Tsang said that "some remains have already been reduced to ashes" and that it was possible that some of the people reported missing will not be recovered.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

All their efforts over the past few decades are now reduced to ashes and rubble.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025

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

Then, in the space of a night and a day, this was all reduced to ashes.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy