RAZE


Meaning of RAZE in English

(also rase )

■ verb tear down and destroy (a building, town, etc.): villages were ~d to the ground.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'scratch, incise'): from OFr. raser 'shave closely', from L. ras- , radere 'scrape'.

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