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RAZE
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
(verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; “The building was levelled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
raze (third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)
(transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
(transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.
Synonyms
• See also destroy
Etymology 2
Noun
raze
Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).
Etymology 3
Noun
raze (plural razes)
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
Anagrams
• Azer., Ezra, Reza
Source: Wiktionary
Raze, n. Etym: [See Rack.]
Definition: A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] Etym: [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
Syn.
– To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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