raze

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

raze [raze razes razed razing] BrE [reɪz] NAmE [reɪz] verb usually passive ~ sth
to completely destroy a building, town, etc. so that nothing is left
•The village was razed to the ground.
•The woodland was razed by fire.
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Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  level, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  raise, erect, rear, set up, put up