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raze

tear down or demolish: It took a demolition crew to raze the hotel.

Not to be confused with:

raise – lift, build, or erect: The whole community helped them raise the house.

rays – narrow beams of light; traces of an enlightening influence: rays of hope

raze

also rase (rāz)

tr.v. razed, raz·ing, raz·es also rased or ras·ing or ras·es

1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at destroy.

2. Archaic

a. To scrape or shave off.

b. To erase.

[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, frequentative of Latin rādere; see rash².]

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raze

(reɪz) or

rase

vb (tr)

1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground)

2. to delete; erase

3. (Agriculture) archaic to graze

[C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape]

ˈrazer, ˈraser n

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raze

(reɪz)

v.t. razed, raz•ing.

1. to level to the ground; tear down.

2. to shave; scrape off.

[1350–1400; Middle English rasen < Middle French raser < Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, frequentative of Latin rādere to scrape]

raz′er, n.

syn: See destroy.

raze

, razor - Raze, from French raser, "shave close," is from Latin radere, "scrape, scratch"—also giving us razor.

raze

Past participle: razed
Gerund: razing

Imperative
raze
raze

Present
I raze
you raze
he/she/it razes
we raze
you raze
they raze

Preterite
I razed
you razed
he/she/it razed
we razed
you razed
they razed

Present Continuous
I am razing
you are razing
he/she/it is razing
we are razing
you are razing
they are razing

Present Perfect
I have razed
you have razed
he/she/it has razed
we have razed
you have razed
they have razed

Past Continuous
I was razing
you were razing
he/she/it was razing
we were razing
you were razing
they were razing

Past Perfect
I had razed
you had razed
he/she/it had razed
we had razed
you had razed
they had razed

Future
I will raze
you will raze
he/she/it will raze
we will raze
you will raze
they will raze

Future Perfect
I will have razed
you will have razed
he/she/it will have razed
we will have razed
you will have razed
they will have razed

Future Continuous
I will be razing
you will be razing
he/she/it will be razing
we will be razing
you will be razing
they will be razing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been razing
you have been razing
he/she/it has been razing
we have been razing
you have been razing
they have been razing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been razing
you will have been razing
he/she/it will have been razing
we will have been razing
you will have been razing
they will have been razing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been razing
you had been razing
he/she/it had been razing
we had been razing
you had been razing
they had been razing

Conditional
I would raze
you would raze
he/she/it would raze
we would raze
you would raze
they would raze

Past Conditional
I would have razed
you would have razed
he/she/it would have razed
we would have razed
you would have razed
they would have razed

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Verb

raze - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

dismantle, pull down, rase, tear down, level, take down

bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer

destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

raze

verb destroy, level, remove, ruin, demolish, flatten, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze Dozens of villages have been razed.

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raze

verb

To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:

demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, tear down, wreck.

Aerospace: destruct.

Translations

يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا

vyhladit

jævne med jorden

ausradieren schleifen

arrasar

raser

földig lerombol

jafna viî jörîu

abbattere distruggere radere [al suolo]radere al suolo

sugriauti

nopostītnoslaucīt no zemes virsas

aniquilar arrasar demolir raspar

úplne zničiť

yerle bir etmek

夷为平地毁灭

raze

[reɪz] VT (also raze to the ground) → arrasar, asolar

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raze

[ˈreɪz] vt [+ land, city, village, building] → raser
to raze sth to the ground → raser qch

raze

vt → zerstören; (Mil) → schleifen; to raze something to the ground → etw dem Erdboden gleichmachen

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raze

[reɪz] vt (also raze to the ground) → radere al suolo

raze

(reiz) (rare) rase verb

to destroy completely, especially by fire. to raze a city to the ground.

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“Your creeds and dogmas of a learned church May build a fabric, fair with moral beauty; But it would seem that the strong hand of God Can, only, 'rase the devil from the heart.”—Duo.

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He ordered the captain of the guard to take with him forty men, to pillage Noureddin's house, to rase it to the ground, and to bring Noureddin and the slave to him.