raze (redirected from razes)

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.

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

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raze, rase [reɪz]

vb (tr)

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

2. to delete; erase

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Archaic to graze

[from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape]

razer , raser n

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.

Translations

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

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raze

v raze [reiz]

to destroy completely, especially by fire to raze a city to the ground. afbrand, verwoes يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا изличавам vyhladit jævne med jorden ausradieren 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 (al suolo) 焼きつきす (불로) 파괴하다 sugriauti (iki pamatų) nopostīt; noslaucīt no zemes virsas memusnahkan (oleh api) met de grond gelijk maken jevne med jorda, rasere zrównać z ziemią arrasar a rade разрушать до основания úplne zničiť razdejati sravniti jämna med marken รื้อถอน 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