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View synonyms for raze
raze
or rase
[ reyz ]
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.
raze
/ reɪz /
verb
- to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground )
- to delete; erase
- archaic.to graze
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Derived Forms
- ˈrazer, noun
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Other Words From
- razer noun
- un·razed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of raze1
1540–50; Middle English rasen < Middle French raser < *Vulgar Latin rāsāre to scrape, frequentative of Latin rādere to scrape
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Word History and Origins
Origin of raze1
C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape
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Synonym Study
See destroy.
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Example Sentences
In 1999, Mayor Dennis Archer sent in his own team of bulldozers to raze the art, but the artist stayed put and rebuilt.
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He I am informed sent a message to the Osage nation to raze the Kanses village entirely.
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Here an awful blast swept the house, as if to raze it to its foundations.
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En ez fur sellen' this place, war I wuz born'd en raze, I never spec' ter.
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"He would raze the gates of hades for her," was the prompt reply.
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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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