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raze

–verb (used with object), razed, raz·ing.

1.	to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.

2.	to shave or scrape off.

Also, rase.

[Origin: 1540–50; ME rasen < MF raser < *VL rāsāre to scrape, freq. of L rādere to scrape

]

—Related forms

razer, noun

—Synonyms 1. See destroy.

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raze also rase Audio Help (rāz) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es

To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.
To scrape or shave off.
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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raze

1547, alteration of racen "pull or knock down" (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) "to scratch, slash, scrape, erase," from O.Fr. raser "to scrape, shave," from M.L. rasare, frequentative of L. radere (pp. rasus) "to scrape, shave," perhaps from PIE *razd- (cf. L. rastrum "rake"), possible extended form of PIE base *red- "to scrape, scratch, gnaw" (see rodent).

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raze
verb
tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level] [ant: erect]

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raze [reiz] verb

to destroy completely, especially by fire
Example: to raze a city to the ground

Arabic:	يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا
Chinese (Simplified):	毁灭，夷为平地
Chinese (Traditional):	毀滅，夷為平地
Czech:	vyhladit
Danish:	jævne med jorden
Dutch:	met de grond gelijk maken
Estonian:	hävitama, maatasa tegema
Finnish:	hävittää maan tasalle
French:	raser
German:	ausradieren
Greek:	ισοπεδώνω, κατακαίω
Icelandic:	jafna við jörðu
Indonesian:	memusnahkan
Italian:	radere (al suolo)*
Japanese:	焼きつきす

Korean:	철저히 파괴하다
Latvian:	nopostīt; noslaucīt no zemes virsas
Lithuanian:	sugriauti (iki pamatų)
Norwegian:	jevne med jorda, rasere
Polish:	zrównać z ziemią
Portuguese (Brazil):	arrasar
Portuguese (Portugal):	arrasar
Romanian:	a rade
Russian:	разрушать до основания
Slovak:	úplne zničiť
Slovenian:	razdejati
Spanish:	arrasar
Swedish:	jämna med marken
Turkish:	yerle bir etmek

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Raze

Ab*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrading.] [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.] To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. --Lyell.

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Raze

De*mol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demolished; p. pr. & vb. n. Demolishing.] [F. d['e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See Mole a mound, and Finish.] To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground. --Tillotson.

Syn: To Demolish, Overturn, Destroy, Dismantle, Raze. That is overturned or overthrown which had stood upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; a city is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument, the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of vengeance.

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Raze

Rez`-de-chaus`s['e]e"\, n. [F., lit., level of the street. See Raze, v. t., and Causey.] (Arch.) The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe.

Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little shops which form the rez-de-chauss['e]e. --The Century.

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Raze

Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased; p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.]

1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? --South.

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. --Beckford.

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. --Fuller.

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense rase is generally used.]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. --Chapman.

Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.

Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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Raze

Raze\, n. [See Rack.] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.

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Raze

Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]

1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.

Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish.

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.

Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.

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Raze

Ra*zee"\, n. [F. vaisseau ras['e], fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. --Totten.

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