- a variation of raze.
rase
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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The US Federal Reserve could rase interest rates as early as June, according to minutes from its April meeting show, with Fed’s members arguing the risks of a slowdown in global economy have receded.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2016
Take 4 weeks to rase and consume 3Kg of feed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
Tyrian's axe Went spinning, followed by Tyrion himself, and the deck rase up to give him a wet smack.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
This rase waz won after a bitter contest, by Pete Tucker’s colt.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
This rase did not attract much affection, on account ov the time being so slow.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
But the rigorousness of the tempest and the force of the yce so rased the sides of the ships that it was pitifull to behold, and caused the hearts of many to faint.
From Time Magazine Archive
There remained no hope, no supply of men, or weapons; the Mastes all beaten over boord, her upper worke rased.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1756, the hateful Choueguen, which had given occasion to the establishment of Toronto as a fortified trading-post, was rased to the ground.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
About once a fortnight the authorities rased the house of some brigand, after sending his family to the galleys, and paying a reward to the informer who had denounced him.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
After its surrender, on the last of July 1547, the Castle was ordered by an Act of Council to be rased to the ground.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing
This is PhishMe’s third time rasing funds since its founding in 2011 and it already pulls in $35 million in revenue annually.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2016
Air France crews refused to board flights destined for Ebola-affected countries this week, rasing concerns that it could scrap routes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2014
Their generous support and resources made the difference, and paved the way for future progress in our fund rasing efforts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was followed by persecutions, martyrdoms, and the rasing of all the Christian churches and buildings—the destruction, in a word, of Christianity in Japan.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
Only by rasing much of its present architecture can we find room for commemorating duly the glorious epoch which we have just entered.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
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