beyond (all) recognition

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: to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable

The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.

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Both were found burned beyond recognition in a car by the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx the next day. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025 Our daily lives have been mangled beyond recognition. —

Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 On Thursday, Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that investigators had determined that Sergeant Livelsberger shot himself inside the car, as it was engulfed in flames, and that he was burned beyond recognition. —

Dave Philipps, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 Success in foreign policy can remake a presidential reputation beyond recognition. —

Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for beyond (all) recognition

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