beyond (all) recognition
idiom
: to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable
The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.
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Israel and the rest of the world were flooded with images of the bloody aftermath; some showed bodies burned beyond recognition.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
During the team’s 2021 photographic effort to document all the inscriptions and graffiti on the walls of the Cenacle, the technique revealed writing and drawings whose colors had faded beyond recognition.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
One was renovated beyond recognition, while the second was razed to build an airport.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
The driver, burned beyond recognition, was not identified in the immediate aftermath.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
During the team’s 2021 photographic effort to document all the inscriptions and graffiti on the walls of the Cenacle, the technique revealed writing and drawings whose colors had faded beyond recognition.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
One was renovated beyond recognition, while the second was razed to build an airport.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
The driver, burned beyond recognition, was not identified in the immediate aftermath.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Beyond (all) recognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20%28all%29%20recognition. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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