raze

also rase (rāz)
tr.v., razed, also rased, raz·ing, ras·ing, raz·es, ras·es.

1. To level to the ground; demolish. See synonyms at ruin.
2. To scrape or shave off.
3. Archaic. 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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is now the standard spelling for the verb meaning 'to destroy or tear down' (as in The building was razed to the ground), not rase.

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verb

To 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. See help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: flatten, knock down; wipe out
Antonyms: build, construct

IN BRIEF: To tear down and destroy completely.

The bulldozer will raze the whole apartment building once it is cleared out.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like "raze" which means to tear down completely, is "raise" which means to lift up.

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• Violent Actions - raze: tear down or demolish

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ødelægge, jævne med jorden, udradere

Nederlands (Dutch)
slechten, uitkrabben/ -wissen

Français (French)
v. tr. - raser (un édifice)

Deutsch (German)
v. - zerstören

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ισοπεδώνω, καταστρέφω, ρημάζω

Italiano (Italian)
demolire, distruggere, radere al suolo, spianare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arrasar, apagar da memória

Русский (Russian)
разрушать, вычеркивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - arrasar, tachar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - jämna med marken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
毁灭, 把...夷为平地, 刮去

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 毀滅, 把...夷為平地, 刮去

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 남김없이 파괴하다, 없애다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 完全に破壊する, 消す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدمر تدمير كاملا, يقطع, يحلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החריב עד היסוד, מחה, הרס‬

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