raze
Meaning of raze
verb
- completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement).
villages were razed to the ground
Middle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere .
Information about raze
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of raze is: razes.
- Languages in which raze is used:
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Hyphenation of raze
raze
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- raze is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
raze synonyms
Meaning level:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning raze (a building or settlement) to the ground:
Meaning clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer:
Meaning past of fall:
Meaning reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
Meaning destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar):
Anagrams of raze
Words that rhyme with raze
Solaraze, braze, unbraze, acraze, craze, scraze, Fraze, fraze, graze, overgraze, Corraze, outraze
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