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Definition of raze verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

raze

verb

NAmE//reɪz//

[usually passive] raze somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they raze

he / she / it razes

past simple razed

-ing form razing

to completely destroy a building, town, etc. so that nothing is left The village was razed to the ground. The woods were razed by fire.

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