raze
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Synonyms & Antonyms for raze
Synonyms
annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, pulverize, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
Antonyms
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
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Caal Maquin’s family is among the poorest in a village of very poor indigenous Guatemalans, where subsistence farming is getting harder as forests are razed for palm oil. — Dara Lind, Vox, "The death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin in Border Patrol custody isn’t an isolated outrage," 18 Dec. 2018 Related stories from Sacramento Bee See where in Sacramento ‘Lady Bird’ will star again Latino artwork at NBA arena 'almost a middle finger' to Trump, county supervisor says This historic town center was nearly razed. — Ed Fletcher, sacbee, "Some quirky new characters could be coming to K Street in Sacramento | The Sacramento Bee," 26 Mar. 2018 Vikings razed most of the forests a thousand years ago—so all wood has to be imported. — Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, "This Icelandic Apartment Is Filled With Small-Space Inspiration," 16 Aug. 2018 Image When an explosion nearly razed Iran’s long-range missile research facility in 2011 — and killed the military scientist who ran it — many Western intelligence analysts viewed it as devastating to Tehran’s technological ambitions. — New York Times, "Deep in the Desert, Iran Quietly Advances Missile Technology," 23 May 2018 Workers are busy laying the foundation of a new apartment tower to replace hers, which was badly damaged and later razed. — Fox News, "Damaged buildings, graft haunt Mexico City year after quake," 18 Sep. 2018 They could be sold for private use, or they could be razed for more parking off the square, Falkowski added. — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, "Work begins to clear land for new Crown Point City Hall," 20 June 2018 The new building will replace a pair of duplexes that will be razed, said Adam Hertel, the project's architect. — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "River bluff site on Milwaukee's east side getting four-story apartment building," 25 May 2018 The overall operation has become the largest and most expensive cleanup in the state since 1906, when San Francisco was razed by an earthquake that triggered fires that swept through the city. — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, "Cleanup all but done on wreckage left by Wine Country wildfires," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'raze.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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raze
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English Language Learners Definition of raze
: to destroy (something, such as a building) completely
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