[ reyz ]
/ reɪz /
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verb (used with object), razed, raz·ing.
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
to shave or scrape off.
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Origin of raze
1540–50; Middle English rasen<Middle French raser<*Vulgar Latin rāsāre to scrape, frequentative of Latin rādere to scrape
synonym study for raze
1. See destroy.
OTHER WORDS FROM razerazer, nounun·razed, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH razeraze , raise
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How to use raze in a sentence
One of the company’s crews razed the person’s family home and sealed the drinking well on the property.A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs|by Max Blau for Georgia Health News|November 24, 2020|ProPublica
The project, which would have involved razing about 210 acres of trees, was opposed by local environmentalists who said the installation could endanger wildlife and threaten the Chesapeake Bay with pollution.Georgetown University to power campus with electricity from solar plants|Lauren Lumpkin|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
I'm razer frightened to go to buy them alone; sometimes that old woman does look so cross.Little Miss Peggy|Mrs. Molesworth
So Procurio laid them out in neat array also a razer and brush for shaving.The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan|Daisy Ashford
Ledit Lieutenant Criminel luy ayant dit qu'il luy vouloit faire raire ou razer le poil & changer d'habits: afin qu'il dict verité.The Witch-cult in Western Europe|Margaret Alice Murray
I razer zink I am,” returned the philosopher with a faint smile; “mine onkle, I zink, is spraint.Blown to Bits|R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for raze
/ (reɪz) /
to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground)
to delete; erase
archaic to graze
Derived forms of razerazer or raser, noun
Word Origin for raze
C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape
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