raze
See also: rażę
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (GA): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Homophones: raise, rase, rays
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Etymology 1
From Middle English rasen, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rasō, from Latin rāsus (“scraped, shaved”), perfect passive participle of rādō (“scrape, shave”).
Verb
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- (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
- 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in The Guardian[1], London:
- Just as significant in the long term, Chelsea were also granted permission this season for their new on-site mega-stadium, a 60,000-seat upgrade that will mean the current Stamford Bridge is razed and replaced by something that looks like a vast alien space yurt made of giant Martian redwood stems.
- (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Translations
to demolish
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to scrape as if with a razor
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Etymology 2
Noun
raze
Etymology 3
Noun
raze (plural razes)
- A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
Further reading
- raze (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Dutch
Verb
raze
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology 1
Uncertain; possibly of South Slavic or substrate origin. Compare Slovene raca, Romanian rață.
Noun
raze f (plural razis)
Etymology 2
Noun
raze f (plural razis)
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