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raze    Audio Help   [reyz] Pronunciation Key
–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
  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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