Definition of reduce (something) to ashes
- Their house was reduced to ashes by the fire.
: to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
: to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number
: to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling
: some indeterminate or unspecified thing
: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number
: a person or thing of consequence
: in some degree : somewhat
used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective
: any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets
: the tough elastic wood of an ash
: the ligature æ used in Old English and some phonetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel \a\
: something that symbolizes grief, repentance, or humiliation
: the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means
: fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent
: to convert into ash
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