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- Dictionaryraze/reɪz/
verb
- 1. completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement): "villages were razed to the ground"
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to completely destroy a city, building, etc.: The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building was left standing. Synonyms. destroy. level. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Destroying and demolishing. annihilate. annihilation. apocalypse. bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of something idiom. costly
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. annihilate. cream. decimate. demolish. desolate. destroy. devastate. do in. extinguish.
Raze definition: to tear down; demolish; level to the ground. See examples of RAZE used in a sentence.
Raze means to tear an object down to the ground. Before a real estate developer can raze a family's home to build another skyscraper, he's going to have to cut them a big check. Raze is most often used to refer to knocking buildings down for construction projects, but it can also describe tearing down other objects.
3 meanings: 1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground) 2. to delete;.... Click for more definitions.
1. to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground) 2. to delete; erase. 3. (Agriculture) archaic to graze. [C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape] ˈrazer, ˈraser n.
Check pronunciation: raze. Definition of raze verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
