He was rendered almost unrecognizable by a hail of bullets from a machine gun.

Several songs early in the evening were rendered almost unrecognizable.

Add to the compost heap those that show no significant signs of life by now or those that require so much pruning as to be rendered unrecognizable.

What if she were to discover that some precious place she'd loved had been desecrated; rendered unrecognizable?

Why had the face been wantonly, deliberately smashed and rendered unrecognizable?

About 40 structures were completely destroyed by the tornado and dozens of vehicles were rendered unrecognizable after being thrown great distances, some more than half a mile.

However, with the new map drawn for 2012, the familiar shape of the 16th has been rendered unrecognizable.

Cor-ten, a material widely used by architects in the 60's and by Richard Serra in large-scale sculptures, has been rendered nearly unrecognizable here.

Many of those killed were probably rendered unrecognizable, Major Hilferty said, and others were probably entombed in collapsed caves.

On the reverse is a stylized eagle that is rendered almost unrecognizable.