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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
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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
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Recent Examples of raze
Palestinians shared images showing entire neighborhoods razed to the ground.
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Richard Hall, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
Its war has also taken a huge toll on ordinary Gazans, with whole areas razed to the ground.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Blocks flattened in Jabalia and Rafah In several areas that Israeli forces have controlled for extended periods of time, including Rafah, northern Gaza, and Khan Younis, buildings along entire blocks of cities have been razed altogether.
—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The Swamp re-opened in 2022 after having to move from its original building of 25 years, which was purchased and razed (to considerable local outrage); its spirit lives on in the new location just four minutes away from the first.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
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Richard Hall, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
Its war has also taken a huge toll on ordinary Gazans, with whole areas razed to the ground.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Blocks flattened in Jabalia and Rafah In several areas that Israeli forces have controlled for extended periods of time, including Rafah, northern Gaza, and Khan Younis, buildings along entire blocks of cities have been razed altogether.
—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
The Swamp re-opened in 2022 after having to move from its original building of 25 years, which was purchased and razed (to considerable local outrage); its spirit lives on in the new location just four minutes away from the first.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
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More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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To build the new housing, Arrow Street Development plans to demolish about a half-dozen buildings including multiple old single-family homes and commercial structures.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
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Almost every building is damaged or destroyed beyond repair.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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According to Craig Croucher of the Bot Builders, around 300 spectators turned out to watch the robots destroy each other.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Drummond's proposals to the court to sharply limit litter's use as fertilizer would amount to a ban on the practice in the river's watershed; this and the cost of removing all litter from the watershed would ruin poultry growers throughout the region, defendants argue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the end, the explorers destroyed themselves and their ships and ruined the lives of so many indigenous people after setting up colonies in places like Tierra del Fuego.—
Charlie Markbreiter,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
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Then, heat waves in 2024 devastated some northern colonies that had demonstrated more resilience.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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This happened when Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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The case of Mamulya, a donkey whose hoof was shattered, apparently in a mine explosion, becomes central to the story, emblematic of the assistance the sanctuary receives from within and beyond Ukraine’s borders in order to provide state-of-the-art medical treatments.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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If the 12-point underdog Las Vegas Raiders somehow upset the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in Week 7 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, defensive end Maxx Crosby will have wrecked the game.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Six games into his fourth NFL season, Thibodeaux has flashed the game-wrecking potential that led to the Giants grabbing him in the top five of the of the 2022 draft.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Thieves scaled the facade of the Parisian museum in broad daylight Sunday, using a ladder boosted by a mechanical boom truck and forcing a window open, smashing display cases inside, and making off with a handful of priceless jewels, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Officials said thieves extended a basket lift to a window and smashed it open with an angle grinder.—
Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Raze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raze. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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