Raze

Quick meaning: Raze is a verb meaning To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

Meaning

To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

More Meanings

1. To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
2. To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
3. To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
4. To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.
5. To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.
6. To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.
7. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.

Example Sentences

Some ſaid, that I the Temple to the floore / In three dayes raz'd, and raiſed as before.

The fortreſſe was raſed and beaten downe to the erthe⸝ whiche had coſt moche the makynge therof: […]

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jeruſalem; who ſayd, raſe it, raſe it: euen to the foundation thereof.

For his further ſecuritie he [Don Roderigo] diſarmed his ſubjects; ſuch Caſtles and ſtrengths as hee vvas jealous of vvere raced, […]

Word Forms

• razes
• razing
• razed
• razest
• razedst
• razeth

Synonyms for raze

Depending on context, synonyms include destroy, annihilate, aerosolize, atomize, benothing, bewreck.

Antonyms for raze

Common opposites include raise, set up, erect, rear, put up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tear down, pull down, dismantle, rase, level, demolish.

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