Found 2 items, similar to Raze.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: raze
raze
v : tear down so as to make flat with the ground;
“The building
was levelled” [syn:
level,
rase,
dismantle,
tear down
,
take down,
pull down] [ant:
raise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Raze
Raze
\Raze\ (r[=a]z), n. [See
Race.]
A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as
race, a root. [Obs.]
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Raze
\Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Razed (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb.
n.
Razing.] [F. raser. See
Rase, v. t.] [Written also
rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
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Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
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2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
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The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
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Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
destroy; ruin. See
Demolish.
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