razing (Meaning)
razing (n)
the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
complete destruction of a building
razing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raze
Synonyms & Antonyms of razing
Synonyms:
- marring
- vaporizing
- extinguishing
- crippling
- totaling
- killing
- dismantling
- damaging
- crushing
- ravaging
- eroding
- nuking
- wasting
- pulverizing
- annihilating
- creaming
- decimating
- removing
- totalling
- tearing down
- overcoming
Antonyms:
- molding
- organizing
- founding
- organizing
- establishing
- preserving
- inventing
- instituting
- forging
- setting up
- fabricating
- forging
- reconditioning
- manufacturing
- molding
- revamping
- patching
- framing
- inventing
- producing
- putting up
- constituting
- forming
- fashioning
- making
- preserving
- fashioning
- manufacturing
- revamping
- fabricating
- protecting
- shaping
- establishing
- patching
- framing
- constituting
- saving
- assembling
- protecting
- assembling
- saving
- mending
- putting up
- forming
- founding
- setting up
- mending
- reconditioning
- making
- shaping
- producing
- instituting
Synonyms:
- massacring
- scotching
- taking down
- unmaking
- pulling down
- wracking
- blowing up
- walloping
- overbearing
- dynamiting
- eradicating
- despoiling
- stamping (out)
- gutting
- trouncing
- subduing
- executing
- scouring
- exterminating
- sacking
- undoing
- vitiating
- effacing
- washing out
- butchering
- disintegrating
- dilapidating
- plundering
- slaughtering
- besting
- looting
- clobbering
- prevailing (over)
- desolating
- zapping
- trimming
- thrashing
- conquering
- drubbing
- slaying
- wearing (away)
- triumphing (over)
- winning (against)
- pillaging
- disfiguring
- extirpating
- harming
- rubbing out
- trashing
- murdering
- disassembling
- trampling
- dissolving
- assassinating
- mastering
- routing
- doing in
- whipping
- injuring
- overmatching
- licking
- wiping out
- blasting
- expunging
- sweeping (away)
- vandalizing
- cutting down
- obliterating
- beating
- rooting (out)
- unbuilding
- blotting out
- liquidating
- impairing
- breaking
- spoiling
- mutilating
- deteriorating
- felling
- defeating
- defacing
- dispatching
- surmounting
- mangling
Antonyms:
razing Sentence Examples
- The ancient city of Troy was reduced to ashes after being razed by the Greeks.
- The forest fire left a trail of devastation, razing everything in its path.
- The protestors threatened to raze the entire building if their demands were not met.
- The hurricane's winds were so powerful that they razed entire neighborhoods.
- The arsonist's intent was to raze the house to the ground and leave nothing but smoldering embers.
- The earthquake caused widespread destruction, razing buildings and leaving thousands homeless.
- The developers planned to raze the old neighborhood and build a luxury high-rise in its place.
- The villagers feared that the advancing army would raze their homes and drive them from their land.
- The civil war left a legacy of destruction, razing entire cities and displacing countless people.
- The foresters carefully razed a section of the undergrowth to create a firebreak to prevent the spread of wildfires.
FAQs About the word razing
the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled, complete destruction of a buildingof Raze
wrecking, ruining, devastating,destroying, demolishing, shattering, smashing, marring, vaporizing, extinguishing
fixing, building,building, constructing, rearing, erecting, repairing, creating, creating, repairing
The ancient city of Troy was reduced to ashes after being razed by the Greeks.
The forest fire left a trail of devastation, razing everything in its path.
The protestors threatened to raze the entire building if their demands were not met.
The hurricane's winds were so powerful that they razed entire neighborhoods.
