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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The next day two bodies were found burned beyond recognition in a car near the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in the weeklong series of fires.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
The ambulance that held the paramedics was discovered nearby, burned beyond recognition.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The Erdogan era in Turkey has been marked by construction sprees: vast apartment blocks have replaced single-family homes in most towns, and the skylines of major historic cities, such as Istanbul and Izmir, have changed beyond recognition.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in the weeklong series of fires.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
The ambulance that held the paramedics was discovered nearby, burned beyond recognition.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
The Erdogan era in Turkey has been marked by construction sprees: vast apartment blocks have replaced single-family homes in most towns, and the skylines of major historic cities, such as Istanbul and Izmir, have changed beyond recognition.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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