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verb (used with object), razed, raz·ing.
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
to shave or scrape off.
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Origin of raze 1540–50; Middle English rasen <Middle French raser <*Vulgar Latin rāsāre to scrape, frequentative of Latin rādere to scrape
OTHER WORDS FROM raze razer, noun un·razed, adjective
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Words related to raze bulldoze ,
demolish ,
destroy ,
dynamite ,
erase ,
extinguish ,
obliterate ,
overthrow ,
scatter ,
smash ,
topple ,
wipe out ,
wreck ,
batter ,
bomb ,
capsize ,
crash ,
decimate ,
delete ,
efface
How to use raze in a sentence Experts say this year is on track to be as bad as 2020, when fires raze d more than 19 million acres of the world’s largest tropical forest.
In June, a normally temperate village in western Canada briefly became one of the hottest places on earth and before 90% of its buildings were raze d by a wildfire.
She set fire to large swathes of land, raze d villages and towns, and melted precious metals.
Apartment buildings were raze d because, according to Israelis, some units were housing Palestinian weaponry.
But, at the same time, the house next door was recently bought by the city and raze d because of flood risk.
In 1999, Mayor Dennis Archer sent in his own team of bulldozers to raze the art, but the artist stayed put and rebuilt.
He I am informed sent a message to the Osage nation to raze the Kanses village entirely.
Here an awful blast swept the house, as if to raze it to its foundations.
En ez fur sellen' this place, war I wuz born'd en raze , I never spec' ter.
"He would raze the gates of hades for her," was the prompt reply.
His house has been broken into by the city-prefect and every corner of it searched; they say they mean to raze it to the ground.
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British Dictionary definitions for raze
verb (tr)
to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground )
to delete; erase
archaic to graze
Derived forms of raze razer or raser , noun Word Origin for raze C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape
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