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.
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!