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raze
razetear down or demolish: It took a demolition crew to raze the hotel.
Not to be confused with:raise – lift, build, or erect: The whole community helped them raise the house. rays – narrow beams of light; traces of an enlightening influence: rays of hope raze also rase R0027800 (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.]raze (reɪz) or rasevb (tr) 1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground)2. to delete; erase3. (Agriculture) archaic to graze[C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape] ˈrazer, ˈraser nraze (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. raze, razor - Raze, from French raser, "shave close," is from Latin radere, "scrape, scratch"—also giving us razor.See also related terms for scrape.raze
Past participle: razed
Gerund: razing
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| I raze | | you raze | | he/she/it razes | | we raze | | you raze | | they raze |
| Preterite |
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| I razed | | you razed | | he/she/it razed | | we razed | | you razed | | they razed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am razing | | you are razing | | he/she/it is razing | | we are razing | | you are razing | | they are razing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have razed | | you have razed | | he/she/it has razed | | we have razed | | you have razed | | they have razed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was razing | | you were razing | | he/she/it was razing | | we were razing | | you were razing | | they were razing |
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| I had razed | | you had razed | | he/she/it had razed | | we had razed | | you had razed | | they had razed |
| Future |
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| I will raze | | you will raze | | he/she/it will raze | | we will raze | | you will raze | | they will raze |
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| I will have razed | | you will have razed | | he/she/it will have razed | | we will have razed | | you will have razed | | they will have razed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be razing | | you will be razing | | he/she/it will be razing | | we will be razing | | you will be razing | | they will be razing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been razing | | you have been razing | | he/she/it has been razing | | we have been razing | | you have been razing | | they have been razing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been razing | | you will have been razing | | he/she/it will have been razing | | we will have been razing | | you will have been razing | | they will have been razing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been razing | | you had been razing | | he/she/it had been razing | | we had been razing | | you had been razing | | they had been razing |
| Conditional |
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| I would raze | | you would raze | | he/she/it would raze | | we would raze | | you would raze | | they would raze |
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| I would have razed | | you would have razed | | he/she/it would have razed | | we would have razed | | you would have razed | | they would have razed |
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 downbulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozerdestroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" |
razeverb destroy, level, remove, ruin, demolish, flatten, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze Dozens of villages have been razed.razeverbTo pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, tear down, wreck.Aerospace: destruct.Translationsraze (reiz) (rare) rase verb to destroy completely, especially by fire. to raze a city to the ground. （尤指被火）夷為平地 毁灭，夷为平地
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raze (something) to the groundTo completely demolish or destroy something until it is nothing but rubble on the ground. We've decided to raze this rickety old building to the ground. The wildfire ravaged the mountain town, razing countless buildings to the ground.See also: ground, razeraze something to the groundto tear down something, usually a building, to ground level. The council decided to raze the old city hall to the ground. This building is to be razed to the ground.See also: ground, razeRaze
RazeTo tear down or demolish; to level to the ground.raze
Synonyms for razeverb destroySynonyms- destroy
- level
- remove
- ruin
- demolish
- flatten
- knock down
- pull down
- tear down
- throw down
- bulldoze
Synonyms for razeverb to pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossibleSynonyms- demolish
- destroy
- dismantle
- dynamite
- knock down
- level
- pull down
- pulverize
- tear down
- wreck
- destruct
Synonyms for razeverb tear down so as to make flat with the groundSynonyms- dismantle
- pull down
- rase
- tear down
- level
- take down
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