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

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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

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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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