flatten
verb
[ ˈflat(ə)n ]
• make or become flat or flatter.
• "her hair had been flattened by the storm"
Similar:
make/become flat,
make/become even,
make/become smooth,
smooth (out/off),
level (out/off),
even out,
iron,
steamroller,
compress,
press down,
crush,
squash,
compact,
trample,
tread,
tramp,
wear,
• raze (a building or settlement) to the ground.
• "the entire town centre was flattened by the 500 lb bomb"
Similar:
demolish,
raze,
raze to the ground,
level,
tear down,
knock down,
destroy,
wipe out,
topple,
wreck,
reduce to ruins,
devastate,
annihilate,
pulverize,
obliterate,
ravage,
smash,
wipe off the face of the earth,
wipe off the map,
total,
unbuild,
• lower (a note) in pitch by a semitone.
