RAZED

demolished, dismantled, razed

(adjective) torn down and broken up

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

razed

simple past tense and past participle of raze

Adjective

razed (comparative more razed, superlative most razed)

(obsolete) Slashed or striped in patterns.

Anagrams

• zerda

Source: Wiktionary


Razed, a.

Definition: Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] "Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." Shak.

RAZE

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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