raze

Significado (English)

Verb

1. To demolish; to level to the ground.
2. To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
3. To scrape as if with a razor.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Noun

A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

Conceptos

arrasar

derribar

rozar

abatir

derruir

aterrar

borrar

Synonyms

demolish

destroy

tear down

rase

pull down

dismantle

level

crush

ravage

take down

break

flatten

break down

devour

blot out

exterminate

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

lay

level off

nuke

obliterate

plaster

plunder

pulverise

scrape

shave

shipwreck

smear

smudge

spoil

subvert

take apart

pare down

total

unbuild

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

wipe

wrack

wreck

cut to ribbons

lay waste to

annihilate

deminish

bang up

blast

clear

completely

consume

cripple

cut off

daub

desecrate

desolate

destruct

devastate

drag down

erase

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹeɪz/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: rasen

In summary

From Middle English rasen, racen, rase (“to scrape; to shave; to erase; to pull; to strip off; to pluck or tear out; to root out (a tree, etc.); to pull away, snatch; to pull down; to knock down; to rend, tear apart; to pick clean, strip; to cleave, slice; to sever; to lacerate; to pierce; to carve, engrave; to dig; (figuratively) to expunge, obliterate; to alter”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman raser, rasere, rasser, Middle French, Old French raser (“to shave; to touch lightly, graze; to level off (grain, etc.) in a measure; to demolish, tear down; to erase; to polish; to wear down”), from Vulgar Latin *raso (“to shave; to scrape; to scratch; to touch lightly, graze”), from Latin rāsus (“scraped; shaved”), the perfect passive participle of rādō (“to scrape, scratch; to shave; to rub, smooth; to brush along, graze”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (“to scrape, scratch; to gnaw”). Doublet of rash (etymology 2 and etymology 7).