Synonyms of raze

raze

verb

ˈrāz 

1

as in to demolish

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

an entire city block razed by a terrible fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• destroy
• ruin
• devastate
• shatter
• wreck
• smash
• overcome
• damage
• annihilate
• waste
• decimate
• pulverize
• extinguish
• ravage
• vaporize
• erode
• desolate
• mar
• dismantle
• cream
• kill
• tear down
• cripple
• pull down
• nuke
• remove
• total
• crush
• rub out
• defeat
• do in
• subdue
• break
• injure
• conquer
• wrack
• lick
• blast
• best
• dissolve
• disintegrate
• eradicate
• spoil
• surmount
• deface
• disfigure
• mutilate
• impair
• obliterate
• master
• prevail (over)
• trim
• win (against)
• triumph (over)
• deteriorate
• scour
• rout
• harm
• exterminate
• vitiate
• assassinate
• undo
• thrash
• wear (away)
• liquidate
• mangle
• trounce
• whip
• beat
• extirpate
• slaughter
• dynamite
• sweep (away)
• disassemble
• expunge
• unmake
• despoil
• clobber
• blow up
• scotch
• plunder
• slay
• efface
• sack
• pillage
• execute
• trample
• wipe out
• overbear
• fell
• vandalize
• wash out
• gut
• drub
• loot
• overmatch
• unbuild
• take down
• massacre
• dilapidate
• murder
• havoc
• cut down
• blot out
• stamp (out)
• butcher
• zap
• wallop
• dispatch
• snuff (out)
• kill off
• root (out)
• take out
• trash
• mow (down)
• skunk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• erect
• raise
• set up
• create
• repair
• put up
• patch
• fix
• rear
• make
• produce
• mend
• establish
• invent
• form
• assemble
• found
• manufacture
• forge
• protect
• constitute
• preserve
• organize
• shape
• revamp
• save
• recondition
• fabricate
• bring about
• institute
• mold
• rebuild
• restore
• conserve
• frame
• fashion
• reconstruct
• doctor
• renovate
• father
• remodel

2

as in to destroy

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• destroy
• unbuild
• tear down
• pull down
• level
• obliterate
• eradicate
• overturn
• ravage
• decimate
• abolish
• dynamite
• annihilate
• extirpate
• pulverize
• flatten
• ruin
• wipe out
• smash
• unmake
• devastate
• devour
• dissolve
• finish
• blow up
• wreck
• waste
• scourge
• total
• crush
• do in
• crack up
• dash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• erect
• put up
• restore
• rebuild
• renew
• create
• make
• renovate
• form
• manufacture
• shape
• forge
• fabricate
• fashion

Examples of raze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Longtime residents of the makeshift shelters at the sprawling Wood Street encampment have largely moved on since state and local officials razed it two years ago. —Ray Sanchez and Stephanie Becker, CNN, 28 July 2024

Hot dog bracket winner Dirty Frank's and adjacent businesses could be razed to make way for a 23-story apartment skyscraper, per a plan coming before the Columbus Downtown Commission tomorrow. —Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 22 July 2024

More:Feds, Wayne County reach 'landmark' settlement about jail inmates with disabilities Nearly 78,000 square feet of the jail complex, including D block, maximum security, rehabilitation area and the annex, will be razed in stages. —Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024

There also was a community of Black settlers in Granville, but many were displaced after parts of Halyard Park were razed for the Interstate 43 construction in the 1950s and '60s. —La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2024