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    RAZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they raze  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it razes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: razed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: razed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: razing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tear down so as to make flat with the groundplay

    Example:

    The building was levelled

    Synonyms:

    dismantle; level; pull down; rase; raze; take down; tear down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

    Hypernyms (to "raze" is one way to...):

    destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "raze"):

    bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    razing (complete destruction of a building)

    razing (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)

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