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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raze  \Raze\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Razed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Razing}.]  [F.  raser.  See  {Rase},  v.  t.]  [Written  also 
  {rase}.] 
  1.  To  erase;  to  efface;  to  obliterate. 
 
  Razing  the  characters  of  your  renown.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  subvert  from  the  foundation;  to  lay  level  with  the 
  ground;  to  destroy;  to  demolish. 
 
  The  royal  hand  that  razed  unhappy  Troy.  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  To  demolish;  level;  prostrate;  overthrow;  subvert; 
  destroy;  ruin.  See  {Demolish}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  razing 
  n  1:  the  event  of  a  structure  being  completely  demolished  and 
  leveled  [syn:  {wrecking}] 
  2:  complete  destruction  of  a  building  [syn:  {leveling},  {tearing 
  down},  {demolishing}]




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