— razer , n.
/rayz/ , v.t., razed, razing .
1. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
2. to shave or scrape off.
Also, rase .
[ 1540-50; ME rasen raser rasare to scrape, freq. of L radere to scrape ]
Syn. 1. See destroy .