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raze (rase)
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- pronunciation:
- reIz
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
razes, rases, razing, rasing, razed, rased |
| definition: |
to knock down or tear down (a structure); level.
The old stadium was razed in order to build the new sports complex.- synonyms:
- demolish, level, tear down, wreck
- antonyms:
- raise
- similar words:
- annihilate, bulldoze, desolate, destroy, devastate, dismantle, fell, flatten, lay waste, topple, total
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| related words: |
efface, obliterate, waste |
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