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View usage for: (reɪz) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense razes, present participle razing, past tense, past participle razedverb [usually passive]If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed. Dozens of villages have been razed. [be VERB-ed] Towns such as Mittelwihr and Bennwihr were virtually razed to the ground. [be VERB-ed + to] Synonyms: destroy, level, remove, ruin More Synonyms of raze More Synonyms of raze or rase (reɪz) verb (transitive)1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground) Derived forms razer (ˈrazer) or raser (ˈraser) noun Word origin C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape (reɪz) verb transitiveWord forms: razed or ˈrazing1. Archaic to scrape or graze; wound slightly 2. Rare to scrape or shave off; erase 3. to tear down completely; level to the ground; demolish SIMILAR WORDS: deˈstroy Word origin ME rasen < OFr raser < VL * rasare, to shave, scrape, freq. < L rasus, pp. of radere, to scrape: see rat Examples of 'raze' in a sentenceraze Definition to destroy (buildings or a town) completely Dozens of villages have been razed. Synonyms remove knock down pull down tear down throw down kennet (Australian, slang) jeff (Australian, slang) Synonyms wipe out strike out rub out scratch out wipe from the face of the earth Additional synonymsDefinition to move, demolish, or flatten with a bulldozer She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home. Synonyms demolish, level, destroy, flatten, knock down, tear down, raze, kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) Definition to remove or cross out (something printed or written) He deleted files from the computer system. Synonyms remove, cancel, cut out, erase, edit, excise, strike out, obliterate, efface, blot out, cross out, expunge (formal), dele, rub out, edit out, blue-pencil Definition to tear down or break up (buildings) The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway. Synonyms knock down, level, destroy, ruin, overthrow, dismantle, flatten, trash (slang), total (slang), tear down, bulldoze, raze, pulverize- ravishing
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Additional synonymsDefinition to rub out or erase an attempt to efface the memory of their previous failures Synonyms obliterate, remove, destroy, cancel, wipe out, erase, eradicate, excise, delete, annihilate, raze, blot out, cross out, expunge (formal), rub out, extirpate (archaic) Definition to delete a passage from a book a crusade to excise racist and sexist references in newspapers Synonyms delete, cut, remove, erase, destroy, eradicate, strike out, exterminate, cross out, expunge (formal), extirpate (archaic), wipe from the face of the earth Definition to remove all traces of The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory. Synonyms erase, remove, destroy, abolish, cancel, get rid of, wipe out, eradicate, excise, delete, extinguish, strike out, obliterate, annihilate, efface, exterminate, annul, raze, blot out, extirpate (archaic) Definition to remove or destroy entirely The message extinguished her hopes of seeing her friend any time soon. Synonyms destroy, end, kill (informal), remove, eliminate, obscure, abolish, suppress, wipe out, erase, eradicate, annihilate, put paid to, exterminate, expunge (formal), extirpate (archaic) Definition to remove or destroy completely The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain. Synonyms wipe out, destroy, eliminate, abolish, erase, remove, eradicate, excise, extinguish, uproot, annihilate, root out, exterminate, expunge (formal), deracinate, pull up by the roots, wipe from the face of the earth Definition to knock down or injure Bombing raids flattened much of the area. Synonyms destroy, level, ruin, demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze, raze, remove, kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) Definition to demolish completely Further tremors could level yet more buildings. Synonyms destroy, devastate, wreck, demolish, flatten, knock down, pull down, tear down, bulldoze, raze, lay waste to, kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) Definition to destroy every trace of I would like to obliterate the memory of what just occurred. Synonyms eradicate, remove, eliminate, cancel, get rid of, wipe out, erase, excise, delete, extinguish, root out, efface, blot out, expunge (formal), extirpateDefinition to destroy or spoil completely Roads have been destroyed and crops ruined. Synonyms destroy, devastate, wreck, trash (slang), break, total (slang), defeat, smash, crush, overwhelm, shatter, overturn, overthrow, bring down, demolish, raze, lay waste, lay in ruins, wreak havoc upon, bring to ruin, bring to nothing, kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) |