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raze
tear down or demolish: It took a demolition crew to raze the hotel.
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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.
[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) orrase
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
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| Verb | 1. | raze - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
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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
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Translations
يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا
vyhladit
jævne med jorden
földig lerombol
jafna viî jörîu
sugriauti
nopostītnoslaucīt no zemes virsas
úplne zničiť
yerle bir etmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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raze
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
raze
(reiz) (rare) rase verb to destroy completely, especially by fire. to raze a city to the ground.
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