raze
verb (used with object)
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground.
razes
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present tense formof raze (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Destructive human activities, like seafloor dredging, which razes entire marine communities, have turned seafloors into structurally simplified habitats with little settlement substrata or localised adult oysters to seed recovery," says Dr McAfee.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
Detroit Blight Busters builds and renovates homes, but also razes homes seen as blights on their neighborhoods.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021
One plan largely preserves the George C. Page Museum, another lays another story on top, while the last razes the museum and relocates the tar pits’ famous mammoth statues to a new museum building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2019
It razes nine to 15 houses a year.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2018
I have a gammon of bacon and two razes of Ginger to be delivered as far as Charing Cross. 1st Henry IV, act ii, sc.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
