reduce (something) to ashes

: 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

: to remove ash residue from (something, such as a cigarette) usually by flicking or tapping