Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is wipe off the face of the earth and its meaning is “to eliminate, remove or destroy (someone or something) completely”.
Example Sentence: Ukrainian authorities said the Russian military bombed an art school where about 400 people had taken refuge in the port city of Mariupol,… Local authorities said the school’s building was destroyed and people could remain under the rubble… “Children, elderly people are dying. The city is destroyed and it is wiped off the face of the earth,” Mariupol police officer Michail Vershnin said from a rubble-strewn (scattered debris). street in a video addressed to Western leaders that was authenticated by The Associated Press.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Ukraininan officials say art school used as shelter for 400 people bombed by Russians and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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