razed; razing
1
: to destroy to the ground : demolish
raze an old building
2
a
: to scrape, cut, or shave off
b
archaic
: erase
razer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of raze in a Sentence
an entire city block razed by a terrible fire
the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex
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Toy store, Khan Younis Before War has razed the Barbakh building to the ground, and the siblings and cousins who lived there are scattered.
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The child and her father are among the handful of people whose bodies are still under the rubble of a multistory apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was razed in Friday’s air strike.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Developers will raze a Tempe hotel near the Arizona State University campus to build an eight-story student housing development, according to plans approved by the Tempe City Council in October.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
In about 1958, developers Darrow Garner and F.G. Larimore bought the Strode's and Fones' property, razed the buildings, and built the IGA Thriftway Food Store for Big Jim Croxdale and Jimmy Rieff.
—James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
The child and her father are among the handful of people whose bodies are still under the rubble of a multistory apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was razed in Friday’s air strike.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Developers will raze a Tempe hotel near the Arizona State University campus to build an eight-story student housing development, according to plans approved by the Tempe City Council in October.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
In about 1958, developers Darrow Garner and F.G. Larimore bought the Strode's and Fones' property, razed the buildings, and built the IGA Thriftway Food Store for Big Jim Croxdale and Jimmy Rieff.
—James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Raze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raze. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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