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raze
tear down or demolish: It took a demolition crew to raze the hotel.
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raze
alsorase (rāz)tr.v.razed,raz·ing,raz·es alsorased orras·ing orras·es
1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at destroy.
2.Archaic
a. To scrape or shave off.
b. To erase.
[Middle Englishrasen,to scrape off, from Old Frenchraser, from Vulgar Latin*rāsāre, frequentative of Latinrādere; see rash2.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
raze
(reɪz)orrase
vb (tr)
1.to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phraseraze to the ground)
2.to delete; erase
3. (Agriculture)archaic to graze
[C16: from Old Frenchraser from Latinrādere to scrape]
ˈrazer,ˈrasern
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raze
(reɪz)v.t.razed, raz•ing.
1. to level to the ground; tear down.
2. to shave; scrape off.
[1350–1400; Middle Englishrasen < Middle Frenchraser < Vulgar Latin*rāsāre, frequentative of Latinrādere to scrape]
raz′er,n.
syn:Seedestroy.
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raze
,razor - Raze, from French raser, "shave close," is from Latin radere, "scrape, scratch"—also giving us razor.See also related terms forscrape.
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raze
Past participle:razed
Gerund:razing
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we raze |
you raze |
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I razed |
you razed |
he/she/it razed |
we razed |
you razed |
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I am razing |
you are razing |
he/she/it is razing |
we are razing |
you are razing |
they are razing |
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I have razed |
you have razed |
he/she/it has razed |
we have razed |
you have razed |
they have razed |
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I was razing |
you were razing |
he/she/it was razing |
we were razing |
you were razing |
they were razing |
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I had razed |
you had razed |
he/she/it had razed |
we had razed |
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I will raze |
you will raze |
he/she/it will raze |
we will raze |
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they will raze |
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I will have razed |
you will have razed |
he/she/it will have razed |
we will have razed |
you will have razed |
they will have razed |
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I will be razing |
you will be razing |
he/she/it will be razing |
we will be razing |
you will be razing |
they will be razing |
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I have been razing |
you have been razing |
he/she/it has been razing |
we have been razing |
you have been razing |
they have been razing |
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I will have been razing |
you will have been razing |
he/she/it will have been razing |
we will have been razing |
you will have been razing |
they will have been razing |
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I had been razing |
you had been razing |
he/she/it had been razing |
we had been razing |
you had been razing |
they had been razing |
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I would raze |
you would raze |
he/she/it would raze |
we would raze |
you would raze |
they would raze |
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I would have razed |
you would have razed |
he/she/it would have razed |
we would have razed |
you would have razed |
they would have razed |
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Verb | 1. | raze - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
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raze
verbdestroy,level,remove,ruin,demolish,flatten,knock down,pull down,tear down,throw down,bulldozeDozens of villages have been razed.
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raze
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Translations
يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا
vyhladit
jævne med jorden
földig lerombol
jafna viî jörîu
sugriauti
nopostītnoslaucīt no zemes virsas
úplne zničiť
yerle bir etmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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raze
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
raze
(reiz) (rare)rase verb to destroy completely,especially by fire.to raze a city to the ground. afbrand, verwoes يُدَمِّر تَدْميرا كامِلا изличавам arrasar vyhladitausradieren jævne med jordenισοπεδώνω, κατακαίωarrasar hävitama, maatasa tegema ویران کردن؛ با خاک یکسان کردن hävittääraser לַהֲרוֹס עַד הַיְסוֹד पूरी तरह नष्ट कर देना sravniti sa zemljom, potpuno uništiti földig lerombol memusnahkan jafna við jörðuradere 焼きつきす (불로) 파괴하다 sugriauti (iki pamatų) nopostīt; noslaucīt no zemes virsas memusnahkan (oleh api)met de grond gelijk makenjevne med jorda,rasere zrównać z ziemią له منځه وړل، بربادول، دمځكى سره برابرول،ځبل، ورانول، ړنګول،ټوټه كول، ميده ميده كول arrasar a rade разрушать до основания úplne zničiť razdejati sravniti jämna med marken เผาผลาญ yerle bir etmek (尤指被火)夷為平地 руйнувати вщент; зрівнювати із землею خاک کر دینا phá trụi 毁灭,夷为平地
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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"Forget them for a time; we shall return to them, unless Mazarinrazes them to the ground."
'If the Supreme Court compels me toraze houses, I would prefer to step down from the post and will submit my resignation with the chief minister [Murad Ali Shah]', remarked Ghani while speaking to media outside the Sindh Assembly.
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KARACHI: Senior politician Farooq Sattar on Saturday responded to Supreme Court's order toraze all encroachments across the city and said if Bani Gali can be regularised then buildings in Karachi as well.
Instantly responding to his instructions, the Punjab government had started preparations toraze the outer wall on Sunday afternoon.
Without issuing notices to the shopkeepers on Murree Road, the RMC brought bulldozers toraze shops.
"The Israeli occupation forcesraze Palestinian facilities and lands under fake pretexts in order to expand illegal settlements," Abu Bakr said.
Munzir bin Shukr Al Zaabi, Director of the RAK Municipality, said they willraze to ground all illegal farms and houses in the emirate.
14 October 2014 - US biotechnology companyRaze Therapeutics said today it had collected USD24m (EUR19m) via a Series A financing round that featured participation from founding investor Atlas Venture.
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