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was razing
  • past progressive of raze.

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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 Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)