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as in to demolish
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
an entire city block razed by a terrible fire
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as in to destroy
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces
the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex
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Recent Examples of raze
In about 1958, developers Darrow Garner and F.G. Larimore bought the Strode's and Fones' property, razed the buildings, and built the IGA Thriftway Food Store for Big Jim Croxdale and Jimmy Rieff.
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James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Watching in horror as the city made plans to bury the buried and raze the tombstones, Trinity in late 1897 sent John Watson, a sexton of the nearby St. John’s Chapel, to record information from the cemetery’s headstones for posterity.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
These strikes alarm many humanitarian law experts who urge proportionality and protection of civilians, too: Mr. Nasrallah’s death involved multiple 2,000-pound bombs and razed several apartment buildings.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Out in the street, rain had begun for real, a rain that would turn overnight into ice and raze back all the tender new green that had emerged, leave the tulip blossoms withered brown twists on the stem.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
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The Lions demolished the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, putting up at least 50 points on their opponent for the second time this season.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Instead, Israel has conducted a campaign of broad devastation in Gaza, attacking the territory’s civilian population; demolishing its health, educational, and social infrastructure; and destroying its food production, shelter, and sources of potable water.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Homes, roads and community spaces in the path of Helene have been destroyed.Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The protagonist Skif goes to Chernobyl on a mission to imbue the artifact left by the anomaly that destroyed his home with residual energy that radiates throughout the Zone.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The ground floors of thousands of homes have been ruined.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Durbin-Marshall legislation attempts to force down credit card processing fees paid by retailers via government mandates that would devastate the credit card rewards programs many consumers utilize.John Berlau, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The continuation of the war, meanwhile, is devastating Ukraine.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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As the menace escalates, her parents dismiss her fears, and Annie is soon plunged into a terrifying nightmare that shatters her world.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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The resulting encounter, in which his vulnerability and her deceits are laid bare, provides a quietly shattering climax.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Expectations were too high because of the staggered rollout of AI, along with China which wrecked everyone.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ice Cube is checking himself so as not to wreck himself.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Last season, O'Neill smashed 31 home runs and posted a .847 OPS.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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The non-nuclear munitions smashed into an industrial site, a medical rehabilitation center, homes and garages.David Axe, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Raze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raze. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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