The house was completely destroyed.

Meaning: This means that a building where people live was damaged to the full or greatest possible extent.

Choice of Words: House is a building where people live. Completely means to the full or greatest possible extent. Destroyed means to cause serious or irreparable damage to something.

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The house was reduced to rubble.

Meaning: This sentence means that the house was so badly damaged that it was broken into small pieces.

Choice of Words: **The house** is a building where people live. **Was** is a past tense verb that indicates the action happened in the past. **Reduced** means to make something smaller or less. **Rubble** is broken pieces of a building or other structure.

The house was burned to the ground.

Meaning: This sentence means that the house was so badly damaged by fire that it was completely destroyed.

Choice of Words: **The house** is a building where people live. **Was** is a past tense verb that indicates the action happened in the past. **Burned** means to be on fire. **To the ground** means completely.

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