Synonyms of raze

raze

verb

ˈrāz 

1

as in to demolish

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

an entire city block razed by a terrible fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• destroy
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• wreck
• smash
• overcome
• damage
• annihilate
• decimate
• pulverize
• extinguish
• waste
• vaporize
• desolate
• ravage
• erode
• mar
• cream
• dismantle
• kill
• tear down
• pull down
• nuke
• cripple
• total
• rub out
• remove
• do in
• crush
• defeat
• subdue
• injure
• break
• conquer
• wrack
• lick
• best
• blast
• dissolve
• disintegrate
• deface
• eradicate
• surmount
• spoil
• disfigure
• mutilate
• impair
• obliterate
• prevail (over)
• master
• win (against)
• triumph (over)
• trim
• deteriorate
• scour
• rout
• harm
• exterminate
• vitiate
• assassinate
• thrash
• undo
• wear (away)
• liquidate
• mangle
• trounce
• whip
• beat
• extirpate
• dynamite
• sweep (away)
• disassemble
• expunge
• slaughter
• unmake
• despoil
• clobber
• blow up
• scotch
• plunder
• slay
• efface
• pillage
• sack
• execute
• trample
• wipe out
• overbear
• fell
• vandalize
• wash out
• gut
• drub
• overmatch
• loot
• unbuild
• take down
• massacre
• dilapidate
• murder
• cut down
• havoc
• blot out
• stamp (out)
• butcher
• zap
• wallop
• snuff (out)
• dispatch
• kill off
• root (out)
• take out
• trash
• mow (down)
• skunk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• erect
• raise
• set up
• create
• repair
• put up
• patch
• fix
• rear
• make
• produce
• mend
• establish
• invent
• form
• assemble
• found
• manufacture
• forge
• protect
• constitute
• preserve
• organize
• shape
• revamp
• save
• recondition
• fabricate
• bring about
• institute
• mold
• rebuild
• restore
• conserve
• frame
• fashion
• reconstruct
• doctor
• renovate
• father
• remodel

2

as in to destroy

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolish
• destroy
• unbuild
• tear down
• pull down
• level
• obliterate
• eradicate
• overturn
• ravage
• decimate
• abolish
• dynamite
• annihilate
• extirpate
• pulverize
• flatten
• ruin
• wipe out
• smash
• unmake
• devastate
• devour
• dissolve
• finish
• blow up
• wreck
• waste
• scourge
• total
• crush
• do in
• crack up
• dash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• erect
• put up
• restore
• rebuild
• renew
• create
• make
• renovate
• form
• manufacture
• shape
• forge
• fabricate
• fashion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raze

Castles and stately homes were blown up, towns put under siege and their walls razed, churches stripped. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

In the course of three weeks, Israeli soldiers destroyed much of the area, razing schools and mosques and commandeering buildings for use as military posts. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Portman first proposed its revamp of Amsterdam Walk in 2023, intending to raze the aging warehouses to build a more dense and vertical project centered on apartments. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026

The downtown area off Gratiot has seen a significant amount of demolition in recent months, including the old 13-story Wayne County Division 1 jail that was razed over the summer and the county's former Division 2 jail that came down late last year. — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026