raze
verb /reɪz/
/reɪz/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they raze | /reɪz/ /reɪz/ |
| he / she / it razes | /ˈreɪzɪz/ /ˈreɪzɪz/ |
| past simple razed | /reɪzd/ /reɪzd/ |
| past participle razed | /reɪzd/ /reɪzd/ |
| -ing form razing | /ˈreɪzɪŋ/ /ˈreɪzɪŋ/ |
- raze something to completely destroy a building, town, etc. so that nothing is left
- The village was razed to the ground.
- The woodland was razed by fire.
Homophones raise | rays | razeraise rays razeTopics Buildingsc2/reɪz//reɪz/- raise verb
- Raise your hand if you know the answer.
- raise noun
- You work so hard, you deserve a raise!
- rays noun (plural of ray)
- Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.
- raze verb
- They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRaze is used with these nouns as the object:- building
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere.