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

After razing huge warehouses in recent months belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, Ukrainian drones are now taking aim at Ozon, the country’s second-largest e-commerce company. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

An arts complex in Tbilisi, Georgia, is being razed despite protests from its architects and some members of the local community. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

More than 100 firefighters battled a third-alarm blaze Monday that razed a popular restaurant and other businesses in a historic structure in Santa Clarita, but no injuries were reported. — City News Service, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

The main home was razed after a 1925 earthquake, and the estate was later subdivided into 34 parcels. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026