raze
pronunciation
How to pronounce raze in British English:
UK [reɪz]
How to pronounce raze in American English:
US [reɪz]
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- Verb:
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Word Origin
- raze (v.)
- 1540s, alteration of racen "pull or knock down" (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) "to scratch, slash, scrape, erase," from Old French raser "to scrape, shave" (see rase). Related: Razed; razing.
Example
- 1. When you log off , your empire remains , until some enemy players come along and raze it .
- 2. Moi announced he was going to raze most of the karura forest , one of the most precious green areas in kenya .
- 3. And while large swathes of the city 's traditional areas have been knocked down , the conservationists have forced it to think a lot more about the value of retaining older neighbourhoods and trying to restore the buildings rather than raze them in favour of more endless high-rises .