raze
verb (used with object)
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground.
had razed
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past perfectof raze.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A year ago, Cambodia said it had razed a U.S.-funded facility at the Ream naval base to allow for further expansion.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2021
One night, a behemoth of pork shank, relaxed in apple cider, arrived looming over a farm-stand hash of butternut squash, turnips and bacon; within minutes, my table had razed it down to the china.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2017
Firefighters in northern California were battling a fast-moving wildfire early Sunday that had razed buildings, forced thousands to flee, and hospitalized four firefighters with second-degree burns.
From MSNBC ● Sep. 13, 2015
A “slum clearance” program had razed a neighborhood of narrow, overcrowded nineteenth-century dwellings, replacing them with a hulking complex of eight hundred and fifty units.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 9, 2015
All trees and bushes and walls and buildings that would give cover to the enemy the Browns had razed.
From The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer
