English > raze: 1 sense > verb 1, creationMeaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | level, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down |
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Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
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Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
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Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar |
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Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar |
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Nouns | razing | complete destruction of a building |
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razing | the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled |