Synonyms of razing

razing

verb

present participle of raze

1

as in destroying

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

• destroying
• demolishing
• ruining
• wrecking
• shattering
• devastating
• smashing
• overcoming
• damaging
• wasting
• extinguishing
• pulverizing
• annihilating
• eroding
• decimating
• marring
• vaporizing
• ravaging
• dismantling
• killing
• totalling
• totaling
• nuking
• crushing
• crippling
• removing
• creaming
• tearing down
• pulling down
• breaking
• defeating
• wracking
• doing in
• blasting
• desolating
• injuring
• subduing
• conquering
• dynamiting
• trimming
• licking
• mutilating
• disintegrating
• rubbing out
• deteriorating
• defacing
• dissolving
• spoiling
• mastering
• eradicating
• whipping
• prevailing (over)
• harming
• surmounting
• disfiguring
• impairing
• routing
• winning (against)
• obliterating
• gutting
• slaughtering
• vandalizing
• plundering
• scouring
• sacking
• thrashing
• wearing (away)
• beating
• assassinating
• mangling
• looting
• undoing
• exterminating
• disassembling
• murdering
• triumphing (over)
• besting
• vitiating
• clobbering
• pillaging
• liquidating
• sweeping (away)
• walloping
• despoiling
• expunging
• extirpating
• executing
• trampling
• massacring
• effacing
• blowing up
• trashing
• scotching
• slaying
• trouncing
• washing out
• wiping out
• unbuilding
• dilapidating
• taking down
• overmatching
• drubbing
• dispatching
• butchering
• overbearing
• unmaking
• stamping (out)
• cutting down
• rooting (out)
• felling
• blotting out
• zapping
• snuffing (out)
• taking out
• killing off
• mowing (down)
• skunking
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• raising
• repairing
• creating
• rearing
• fixing
• setting up
• producing
• putting up
• making
• forming
• establishing
• shaping
• inventing
• assembling
• manufacturing
• organizing
• revamping
• framing
• forging
• preserving
• patching
• protecting
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• molding
• instituting
• founding
• constituting
• fabricating
• saving
• mending
• rebuilding
• bringing about
• restoring
• reconstructing
• doctoring
• conserving
• remodeling
• renovating
• fathering

2

as in demolishing

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

• demolishing
• levelling
• destroying
• unbuilding
• leveling
• tearing down
• pulling down
• dynamiting
• obliterating
• wrecking
• eradicating
• overturning
• ravaging
• flattening
• decimating
• abolishing
• pulverizing
• smashing
• finishing
• extirpating
• annihilating
• totalling
• ruining
• devouring
• dissolving
• wasting
• wiping out
• devastating
• totaling
• blowing up
• crushing
• unmaking
• doing in
• scourging
• cracking up
• dashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• raising
• rebuilding
• restoring
• creating
• renewing
• making
• forming
• putting up
• shaping
• manufacturing
• renovating
• forging
• fashioning
• fabricating

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of razing

In 2019, the cottage faced an uncertain future as the new owners of the land at 239 Franklin Road, where it was then located, appeared interested in razing the cottage to make space for new construction. —Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2024

Environmental ministries, for example, will need to put more resources toward stopping cattle ranchers from razing the rainforest, whereas agriculture agencies might have to fund more sea patrols to prevent overfishing. —Benji Jones, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018