Raze (something) to the ground informal verb phrase
To completely destroy a town or building by fire, bombs etc.
They decided to raze our town to the ground, so we had to move to another place.
In just a few hours, hundreds of houses were razed to the ground.
To put an end to something
1. Fall in a sequence
2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially
If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.
To damage or try to damage something, typically refers to intangible things.
To destroy an argument, a rule, law, belief or plan; to make something ineffective
The verb "raze" should be conjugated according to its tense.
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.