raze

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

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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.

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[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.

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raze

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

See also related terms for scrape.

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raze

Past participle: razed
Gerund: razing

Imperative

raze

raze

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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"

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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.

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Translations

يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا

vyhladit

jævne med jorden

ausradierenschleifen

arrasar

raser

földig lerombol

jafna viî jörîu

abbatteredistruggereradere [al suolo]radere al suolo

sugriauti

nopostītnoslaucīt no zemes virsas

aniquilararrasardemolirraspar

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

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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

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raze

(reiz) (rare) rase verb

to destroy completely, especially by fire. to raze a city to the ground. afbrand, verwoes يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا изличавам arrasar vyhladit ausradieren jævne med jorden ισοπεδώνω, κατακαίω arrasar hävitama, maatasa tegema ویران کردن؛ با خاک یکسان کردن hävittää raser לַהֲרוֹס עַד הַיְסוֹד पूरी तरह नष्ट कर देना sravniti sa zemljom, potpuno uništiti földig lerombol memusnahkan jafna við jörðu radere 焼きつきす (불로) 파괴하다 sugriauti (iki pamatų) nopostīt; noslaucīt no zemes virsas memusnahkan (oleh api) met de grond gelijk makenjevne med jorda, rasere zrównać z ziemią له منځه وړل، بربادول، دمځكى سره برابرول،ځبل، ورانول، ړنګول،ټوټه كول، ميده ميده كول arrasar a rade разрушать до основания úplne zničiť razdejati sravniti jämna med marken เผาผลาญ yerle bir etmek （尤指被火）夷為平地 руйнувати вщент; зрівнювати із землею خاک کر دینا phá trụi 毁灭，夷为平地

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