Synonyms for raze
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Verb
1. Demolish — to completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from…
demolish, destroy, dismantle, annihilate, ruin, level, obliterate, wipe out, abate, erase, ravage, take down, wreck, devastate, desolate, subvert, efface, damage, unmake, cancel, consume, rub out
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Definitions
- v. 1
To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
Related words
- Word family
- razor
- Other spellings
- rase
Forms
- Past participle
- razed
e.g. razed → demolished, destroyed, dismantled, annihilated…
Example sentences
- destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?
- dismantle Algeria needs to dismantle political censorship.
- demolish The decision was made to demolish the old building.
- annihilate We shall annihilate anyone who stands in our way!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| raze | rising | |
| destroy | steady | |
| dismantle | rising | |
| demolish | steady | |
| annihilate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruin2
- 5 letters
- level2, wreck1, erase2, abate2
- 6 letters
- damage2, cancel2, ravage2, unmake, efface2
- 7 letters
- destroy2, consume2, subvert2
- 8 letters
- demolish3, desolate3
- 9 letters
- dismantle3, devastate3
- 10 letters
- annihilate4, obliterate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).