RAZE, noun A root. [See Race-ginger, under Race.] RAZE, verb transitive [Latin rasus, rado. See Rase and Erase.] 1. To subvert from the foundation; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish; as, to raze a city to the ground. The royal hand that raz'd unhappy Troy. 2. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. [In this sense, rase and erase are now used.] 3. To extirpate. And raze their factions and their family.
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