He told his men not to raze the city.
Source: tatoeba (10322429)
Raze
//ɹeɪz//
Synonyms for "raze" (188 found)
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Related words (94)
hew downknockknock downknock overlaylay downlay flatlay levellay lowlay outmow downobliteratepillageprecipitateprostratepullpull downraserasproll
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roll flatroot outrubrub awayrub offrub outruinrule outscourscrapescratchscratch outscrubscuffsend headlongshattershootskinsmashsmoothsmooth outsmoothenspongesponge outspread eaglespread-eaglesteamrollsteamrollerstrike outsupinatetake downtear downthrowthrow downtoppletriptumbleunbuildundounmakewearwear awaywhack downwipe outwrackwreck
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Translations
32 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐδαφίζω verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Catalan
1 entries- arrasar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 夷為平地 /夷为平地 verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- 拆毀 /拆毁 verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Czech
4 entries- srovnat se zemí verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- zbourat verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- zcela zničit verb (to completely remove (someone or something))
- zdemolovat verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Danish
1 entries- rasere verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Finnish
2 entries- hävittää maan tasalle verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- tuhota maan tasalle verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
French
1 entries- raser verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
German
1 entries- schleifen verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Icelandic
3 entries- jafna við jörðu verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- leggja í rúst verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- rífa niður verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Ido
1 entries- rezigar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Italian
2 entries- abbattere verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- demolire verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Latin
2 entries- assolo verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- complānō verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Māori
1 entries- tāhoro verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Polish
1 entries- zburzyć verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Portuguese
3 entries- aniquilar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- arrasar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- demolir verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Russian
1 entries- разрушать до основания verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sravniti verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Spanish
4 entries- abatir verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- aniquilar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- arrasar verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
- demoler verb (to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) — see also demolish)
Sample sentences
69 total sentences available.
I will raze your home!
Source: tatoeba (10522440)
The planet Earth seems to be destined to undergo a tremendous nuclear explosion that will raze it to the ground.
Source: tatoeba (10626093)
The fortreſſe was raſed and beaten downe to the erthe⸝ whiche had coſt moche the makynge therof: […]
Source: wiktionary
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