raze (Meaning)
raze (v)
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
raze (n.)
A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
raze (v. t.)
To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
Synonyms & Antonyms of raze
Synonyms:
- ravage
- vaporize
- mar
- erode
- pulverize
- tear down
- damage
- cream
- decimate
- annihilate
- kill
- waste
- nuke
- cripple
- dismantle
- desolate
- pull down
- extinguish
- overcome
Antonyms:
- protect
- shape
- preserve
- produce
- assemble
- fix
- organize
- patch
- mend
- save
- rear
- put up
- produce
- make
- mend
- revamp
- constitute
- rear
- form
- preserve
- invent
- found
- organize
- fix
- manufacture
- form
- put up
- establish
- shape
- forge
- found
- protect
- forge
- fabricate
- establish
- invent
- revamp
- recondition
- save
- assemble
- constitute
- make
- patch
- manufacture
- fabricate
- recondition
Synonyms:
- extirpate
- fell
- butcher
- stamp (out)
- sack
- thrash
- clobber
- vitiate
- prevail (over)
- harm
- rout
- blow up
- efface
- loot
- defeat
- cut down
- execute
- plunder
- mutilate
- deteriorate
- liquidate
- injure
- impair
- slay
- massacre
- eradicate
- havoc
- trim
- surmount
- trounce
- slaughter
- triumph (over)
- unmake
- disintegrate
- blot out
- rub out
- undo
- unbuild
- drub
- dissolve
- wipe out
- total
- gut
- despoil
- deface
- dynamite
- scour
- wear (away)
- dilapidate
- obliterate
- vandalize
- take down
- wash out
- pillage
- break
- whip
- conquer
- beat
- subdue
- blast
- win (against)
- wrack
- remove
- disfigure
- assassinate
- mangle
- scotch
- exterminate
- spoil
- sweep (away)
- trample
- murder
- do in
- overmatch
- best
- disassemble
- expunge
- crush
- lick
- master
- overbear
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word raze
tear down so as to make flat with the groundA Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root., To erase; to efface; to obliterate., To
demolish, devastate, smash, ruin, shatter, wreck, destroy, ravage, vaporize, mar
create, erect, repair, construct, erect,build, create, raise, set up, set up
The ancient city was razed to the ground by invading armies.
The earthquake's tremors razed entire neighborhoods, leaving only piles of rubble.
The wildfire razed the forest, consuming countless acres of trees and vegetation.
The logging company razed the old-growth forest, leaving behind a barren landscape.