#ascruma

• To reduce to ashes — To burn completely until total transformation into ashes or cinders; to destroy through fire the structural elements of an object. As a reflexive verb, it describes the slow or sudden process through which an organic material carbonizes or crumbles due to excessive heat, becoming brittle and devoid of consistency.
• Reduced to ashes — Having been completely burned and transformed into ashes or cinders; carbonized. It describes the final structural state of an organic material or object subjected to intense thermal action, characterized by total loss of moisture, brittle texture, black or grey color, and inability to regain its original form.