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
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.
• See also destroy
raze
Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).
raze (plural razes)
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
• 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
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
