raze

  • 41raze — [[t]re͟ɪz[/t]] razes, razing, razed VERB: usu passive If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed. [be V ed] Dozens of villages have been razed... [be V ed to n] Towns such as Mittelwihr and… …

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  • 42raze — reɪz v. tear down, demolish; scrape off, shave away with a knife …

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  • 43raze — (also rase) verb tear down and destroy (a building, town, etc.): villages were razed to the ground. Origin ME (in the sense scratch, incise ): from OFr. raser shave closely , from L. ras , radere scrape …

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  • 44raze — I. n. Root (as of ginger). See race. II. v. a. 1. Overthrow, demolish, subvert, destroy, ruin, level. 2. Erase, efface, obliterate, rase. 3. Extirpate, destroy. 4. Graze, rase …

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  • 45raze — v 1. tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut… …

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  • 46raze — [reɪz] verb [T] to completely destroy a building or town …

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  • 47raze — [[t]reɪz[/t]] v. t. razed, raz•ing 1) to level to the ground; tear down 2) cvb to shave; scrape off • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME rasen < MF raser < VL *rāsāre, freq. of L rādere to scrape raz′er, n. syn: See destroy …

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  • 48rąžė — sf. (1) žr. rąšė: Rąžės nešio[ja] riešutus į medžių išdubas žiemai Bdr …

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  • 49raze — /reɪz / (say rayz) verb (t) (razed, razing) 1. to tear down, demolish, or level to the ground. 2. Obsolete to scratch or graze. Also, rase. {Middle English rase(n), from French raser, from Vulgar Latin rāsāre, from Latin rāsus, past participle,… …

  • 50raze —   Ku ikē, ho ohiolo, ulupā. See demolish …

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