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raze

/reɪz/

Translations

razeverb

razed

Past Simple

razed

Past Participle

razing

Gerund

/reɪz/

разрушать

The invading army planned to raze the village to the ground.

Вторгшаяся армия планировала разрушить деревню до основания.

сносить

The city decided to raze the old building to make way for a new park.

Город решил снести старое здание, чтобы освободить место для нового парка.

Additional translations

Synonyms

wipe out

tear down

Antonyms

razenoun

razes

/reɪz/

Archaic usage; denotes a scratch or an act of erasure

Synonyms

raiding down

pulling down

wrecking

Definitions

razeverb

To completely destroy a building, town, or other site.

The old factory was razed to make way for a new shopping center.

(archaic) To erase or obliterate written or inscribed marks.

The scribe carefully razed the incorrect word from the vellum.

razenoun

(archaic) A slight scratch, mark, or act of erasure made by scraping.

A barely visible raze on the tablet showed where the earlier inscription had been.