EGAVE

raze

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
  2. verb To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  3. verb To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
  4. verb To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
  5. verb To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
  6. verb To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it. To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave. To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off. To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze. To scrape (something), with or as if with a razor, to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate. To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc. To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.
  7. verb To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.
  8. verb To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.

Similar words

tear down pull down take down dismantle rase level demolish obliterate destroy flatten

Often followed by

the it out to their a all and them

Word family

razed razer razers razes razing

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