What does "raze" mean?
Raze: To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden. See Demolish.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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