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raze

or rase

[ reyz ]

verb (used with object)

razed, razing.
  1. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:

    to raze a row of old buildings.

  2. to shave or scrape off.


raze

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground )
  2. to delete; erase
  3. archaic.
    to graze
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • İ noun
  • ܲ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of raze1

1540–50; Middle English rasen < Middle French raser < *Vulgar Latin to scrape, frequentative of Latin to scrape
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of raze1

C16: from Old French raser from Latin to scrape
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Synonym Study

See destroy.
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Example Sentences

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A derelict housing estate dubbed "Scotland's Chernobyl" for its eerie ghost-town like appearance is finally about to be razed to the ground.

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Many of the structures around it, meanwhile, were razed.

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They had toiled for long hours as the two fires razed entire communities, burning homes, cars, businesses, and a still unknown list of chemicals and metals.

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Maybe it appears on an empty lot in the neighborhood, or on the razed site of a treasured eatery that just closed its doors after 30 years.

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O’Mara sees those beliefs very much in evidence at Musk’s fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and his wrecking-ball efforts to raze huge swaths of the federal government in a single, unfettered swoop.

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