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单词 raze
释义

raze

or rase

[ 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.

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 raze

razer, nounun·razed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH raze

raze , raise
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Example sentences from the Web for raze

  • I razer zink I am,” returned the philosopher with a faint smile; “mine onkle, I zink, is spraint.

    Blown to Bits|R.M. Ballantyne
  • 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
  • I'm razer frightened to go to buy them alone; sometimes that old woman does look so cross.

    Little Miss Peggy|Mrs. Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for raze

raze

rase

/ (reɪz) /

verb (tr)

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 raze

razer or raser, noun

Word Origin for raze

C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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