to rase
- verb
- /reɪz/
- Archaic
:
demoler
- The city decided to rase the old warehouse to make space for a new park.
Examples
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The contractor planned to rase the dilapidated structure and start fresh with new construction.
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After the storm, the authorities chose to rase the damaged building for safety reasons.
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You know, the captain should have sent me out here with 30,40 men to rase this bloody get-out-of-jail party.
Synonyms
123
3.7
To destroy a building or other structure completely
81
3.7
To make land or a building flat with the ground
63
4.6
Knock down a building or other large structure completely
57
3.2
Make a building or wall fall down suddenly
54
3.7
Completely destroy a building or large structure
40
3.4
To destroy a building so it is level with the ground
29
4.2
To use a large pushing machine to flatten land or to remove things by force
17
7.1
To completely destroy a building or area so nothing is left
7
3.8
To demolish a building so it is flat on the ground
1
6.0
To completely destroy a building so nothing remains above ground
To clear land by knocking down buildings before building a house or shop
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Archaic
To clear land by knocking down buildings before building a house or shop
How Destroyed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rase comes from the Latin root radere, which means 'to scrape' or 'to shave off'. It shares the same root as erase, which means to 'scrape out' writing, so to rase a building is to 'scrape' it off the ground and leave the place level.