raze
verb (used with object)
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground.
was razing
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past progressiveof raze.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Come to that, Bugs was razing the fourth wall long before Deadpool got his first box of Lego.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2016
The train struck a construction crane that was razing an old grain elevator adjacent to the tracks in an unincorporated area west of Benkelman, which is near the Nebraska-Kansas border, a county official said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2011
The train struck a crane that was razing an old grain elevator adjacent to the tracks in an unincorporated area west of Benkelman, a county official said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2011
She was razing that raised foot to its burial pit and raising herself out of the inundations of yearning in the pools of Michael's retinas.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
