raze

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹeɪz/; enPR: rāz

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• Homophones: raise, rase, rays
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology 1

From Old French raser

Verb

raze (third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)

1. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.

   The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”

2. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:destroy

Translations

to demolish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拆毀 (zh), 拆毁 (zh) (chāihuǐ), 夷為平地 (zh), 夷为平地 (zh) (yíwéipíngdì)

• Finnish: tuhota/hävittää maan tasalle
• Icelandic: rífa niður, leggja í rúst, jafna við jörðu

• Italian: abbattere (it), demolire (it)
• Polish: zburzyć
• Portuguese: demolir (pt), arrasar (pt), aniquilar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: sravniti

to scrape as if with a razor

• Italian: radere al suolo

• Portuguese: raspar (pt)

Etymology 2

Noun

raze

1. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Anagrams

• Ezra

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Dutch

Verb

raze

1. singular present subjunctive of razen

Anagrams

• Ezra

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Friulian

Noun

raze ?

1. duck