| 单词 | razing |
| 释义 | razing (once / 40202 pages) n Use the noun razing when you talk about the utter, total destruction of a building. The razing of your old elementary school might bring tears to your eyes. When a house is knocked down, flattened by a bulldozer, you can say it's been razed. The act of this happening is a razing. The razing of whole cities can happen during war, when bombs destroy blocks of buildings. Your dad might order the razing of your childhood treehouse once it's gone unused for years. The verb raze was originally racen, "to pull or knock down," from the Old French raser, "to scrape or shave." WORD FAMILYrazing: razings+/raze: razed, razeed, razes, razing USAGE EXAMPLESBut Sauls noted that, especially with the razing of Post Headquarters, “there is no Fort Jackson Historic District.” Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) City officials said the razing furthers their effort to remove unauthorized encroachments in park lands and supports the goals of maintaining a pristine coastline. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) The military is conducting security operations in Rakhine but the government denies it is razing homes. BBC(Nov 21, 2016) 1n the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled Syn|Hyper wrecking demolition, destruction, wipeout an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something 2n complete destruction of a building Syn|Hyper demolishing, leveling, tearing down destruction, devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
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