had razed
- past perfect of raze.
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
In the meanwhile the besieged had razed the houses and the convent of St. Augustin, in order to prevent the enemy from entrenching themselves so near the city gates.
From Joan of Arc by Gower, Ronald Sutherland
