Definitions for raze
reɪzraze

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull downverb

   tear down so as to make flat with the ground

   "The building was levelled"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. razeverb

   To demolish; to level to the ground.

   The word laconic' derives from Lakon (person from Lakonia) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta, the Spartans' reply was, If.

2. razeverb

   To scrape as if with a razor.

3. Etymology: From raser

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Razenoun

   A root of ginger. This is commonly written race, but less properly.

   Etymology: rayz, a root, Spanish.

   I have a gammon of bacon and two razes of ginger to be delivered. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

2. To Razeverb

   Etymology: raser, Fr. rasus, Lat.

   1. To overthrow; to ruin; to subvert.

   Will you suffer a temple, how poorly built soever, but yet a temple of your deity, to be razed. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   He yoaketh your rebellious necks,
   Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. William Shakespeare.

   It grieved the tyrant, that so base a town should so long hold out, so that he would threaten to raze it. Richard Knolles.

   Shed christian blood, and populous cities raze;
   Because they’re taught to use some diff’rent phrase. Edmund Waller.

   We touch’d with joy
   The royal hand that raz’d unhappy Troy. Dryden.

   The place would be razed to the ground, and its foundations sown with salt. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 189.

   2. To efface.

   Fatal this marriage; cancelling your fame,
   Razing the characters of your renown. William Shakespeare.

   Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
   Raze out the written troubles of the brain. William Shakespeare.

   He in derision sets
   Upon their tongues a various spirit, to raze
   Quite out their native language; and instead,
   To sow a jangling noise of words. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   3. To extirpate.

   I’ll find a day to massacre them all,
   And raze their faction and their family. William Shakespeare.

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1. raze

   To raze is to completely destroy or demolish a building, structure, or entire area, usually in a deliberate manner. It means to wipe out or eliminate completely, often by tearing down or breaking apart.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Razenoun

   a Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root

2. Razeverb

   to erase; to efface; to obliterate

3. Razeverb

   to subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish

4. Etymology: [See Race.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Raze

   Raze is a fictional character from Underworld series.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Raze

   rāz, n. (Shak.). Same as Race (3).

2. Raze

   rāz, v.t. to lay level with the ground: to overthrow: to destroy. [Rase.]

3. Raze

   rāz, n. a swinging fence in a water-course to prevent the passage of cattle.

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1. raze

   Song lyrics by raze -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by raze on the Lyrics.com website.

2. Raze

   Raise vs. Raze -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Raise and Raze.

Anagrams for raze »

1. ezra

How to pronounce raze?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of raze in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of raze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of raze in a Sentence

1. Phelim Kine:

   That's staggering, that's the equivalent of telling a United States citizen that an American corporation is going to raze Yosemite, or in the UK that they'll pave the Lake District. The environmental impacts are almost incalculable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=raze
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Raze
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=raze
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raze
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=raze
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=raze