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have razed

  • present perfect of raze.

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Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster.

From Barron's Jan. 11, 2026

The fires have razed tens of thousands of acres of forestland, but the number of homes that have been destroyed remains unclear.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2021

Monster bushfires have razed bushland equivalent to the size of Bulgaria since the start of October, killing 28 people, destroying more than 2,500 homes and killing millions of animals.

From Reuters Jan. 15, 2020

The blazes have razed almost 2,000 homes, and killed at least 25 people and hundreds of millions of animals since they began in September.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2020

The people are sorely in need of firewood, and not being far-seeing enough to realize what a menace it is to the country to denude it so unscientifically, they have razed every treelet.

From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir