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Razed

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raze also rase  (rz)
tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es
1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.
2. To scrape or shave off.
3. Archaic To erase.
[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rsre, frequentative of Latin rdere; see rash2.]
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Adj.1.razed - torn down and broken up
demolished, dismantled
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
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Notwithstanding that, Messer Nicolo Vitelli in our times has been seen to demolish two fortresses in Citta di Castello so that he might keep that state; Guido Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino, on returning to his dominion, whence he had been driven by Cesare Borgia, razed to the foundations all the fortresses in that province, and considered that without them it would be more difficult to lose it; the Bentivogli returning to Bologna came to a similar decision.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
The fortifying of the Kremlin, for which la Mosquee (as Napoleon termed the church of Basil the Beatified) was to have been razed to the ground, proved quite useless.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
War razed the works of man--war and pestilence razed man.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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