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Word: Raze
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
reɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement)
Short Definition:completely destroy
Examples:- villages were razed to the ground
Variant Forms:
- rase
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