raze

1. (transitive)To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

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   tear down so as to make flat with the ground

2. (figuratively, transitive)To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.

3. (also, figuratively, transitive)To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.

4. (regional, transitive)To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.

5. (obsolete, transitive)To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.

6. (obsolete, transitive)To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.

7. (obsolete, transitive)To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.

8. (obsolete, transitive)To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.

9. (obsolete, transitive)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.

10. (obsolete, transitive)To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.

11. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.

12. (intransitive, obsolete)To carve lines, marks, etc., into something.

1. He told his men not to raze the city.

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2. The conflagration, abetted by fuel that residents stored in their domiciles, razed tin-roofed shacks.

   deDie Feuersbrunst, begünstigt durch Brennstoff, den Bewohner bei sich lagerten, machte zinngedeckte Hütten dem Erdboden gleich.

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3. I will raze your home!

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4. The planet Earth seems to be destined to undergo a tremendous nuclear explosion that will raze it to the ground.

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