slab

slab
 v.— «One problem is lack of evidence. Many homes were, in post-Katrina parlance, “slabbed,” wiped away down to their flat, concrete foundations.» —“The Gulf Coast grapples with insurance suits” by Liam Pleven in Gulfport, Mississippi Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Aug. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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