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to raze a town to the ground

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  • raze — [ reız ] verb transitive to completely destroy a building or town: The troops attacked his village and razed it to the ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • raze — [reız] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: raser, from Latin radere to scrape, shave ] to completely destroy a town or building ▪ In 1162 Milan was razed to the ground by imperial troops …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ground — ground1 W1S1 [graund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(earth)¦ 2¦(area of land)¦ 3¦(reason)¦ 4¦(subject)¦ 5¦(opinion)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ 7 hold/stand your ground 8 get off the ground 9 gain ground 10 lose ground …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • raze — verb (T) to completely destroy a town or building: raze sth to the ground (=destroy it so that nothing is left): houses that had been razed to the ground in the war …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • raze — UK [reɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms raze : present tense I/you/we/they raze he/she/it razes present participle razing past tense razed past participle razed to completely destroy a building or town The troops attacked his village and… …   English dictionary

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  • raze — (also rase) verb tear down and destroy (a building, town, etc.): villages were razed to the ground. Origin ME (in the sense scratch, incise ): from OFr. raser shave closely , from L. ras , radere scrape …   English new terms dictionary

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