raze something to completely destroy a building, town, etc. so that nothing is left彻底摧毁；将…夷为平地- The village was razed to the ground.这座村庄被夷为平地。🔊🔊
- The woodland was razed by fire.林地被大火夷为平地。
Homophones raise | rays | razeraise rays raze - raise verb
- Raise your hand if you know the answer.如果你知道答案就举手。
- raise noun
- You work so hard, you deserve a raise!您工作如此努力，值得加薪！
- rays noun (plural of ray)
- Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.阳光直射窗外。
- raze verb
- They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.他们想破坏旧的市中心，以便为新建筑腾出空间。
Topics Buildingsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryRaze is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere.