сровнять с землей

• СРОВНЯТЬ С ЗЕМЛЕЙ что{{}}

[VP; subj: human (often pl) or collect]

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⇒ to demolish sth. (often a town, village etc) utterly, esp. during wartime:

- X-ы сровняли Y с землёй{{}}≈ Xs (totally) destroyed Y;

- Xs razed <leveled> Y to the ground;

- Xs laid Y waste;

- Xs tore (pulled) Y down;

- Xs plowed Y under.

     ♦ Женщинам нечего было терять, и они крыли директора густым южнорусским матом... Но он не успокоился, пока не сровнял с землёй и не засыпал их жалкое логово (Мандельштам 2). The women had nothing to lose, and they started cursing the director in a south Russian accent, using the foulest words they knew. ...But the director went on undeterred until he had destroyed their pitiful burrow and filled in the hole where it had stood (2a).