Explore Raze through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like level or dismantle. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Raze meaning
- To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
- To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
Using Raze
- The main meaning on this page is: To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. | To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate. | To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
- Useful related words include: level, rase, dismantle, tear down.
- In the example corpus, raze often appears in combinations such as: to raze, raze the, will raze.
Context around Raze
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Raze
- In this selection, "raze" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plain, undergoing, traditionally, everything, grassland and permit stand out and add context to how "raze" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and to raze a historic and and will raze everything in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "raze" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with raze
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eventually, he directs them to raze the place. (8 words)
Nor is there any practical reason to raze the Park. (10 words)
His firm had applied for a raze permit for the property on October 8th. (14 words)
British Labour’s 1945 manifesto “Let Us Face the Future” began with a pointed observation that “this war will have been won by the people, not by any one man”, to raze the pillar on which Churchill stood. (38 words)
Property interests led by the firm Mitsui Fudosan are executing a 10-year, multibillion-dollar plan to build three skyscrapers on the coveted land and to raze a historic baseball stadium, replacing it with a new facility. (37 words)
If Dante nearly blew up the Vatican just to raze the reputation of the guy who stole from his father, what might he have planned for the man who killed the crime lord patriarch? (34 words)
If Dante nearly blew up the Vatican just to raze the reputation of the guy who stole from his father, what might he have planned for the man who killed the crime lord patriarch? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
He plans to raze the house first, build high-rises on it, then rent those out to generate enough income to fund the museum.
If Dante nearly blew up the Vatican just to raze the reputation of the guy who stole from his father, what might he have planned for the man who killed the crime lord patriarch?
An advanced state of neglect might be considered reason sufficient to raze the property in an amended planning application.
Bailie Siddique said she understood it is costing the council £1 million to raze the property and asked about recovery of the money.
Property interests led by the firm Mitsui Fudosan are executing a 10-year, multibillion-dollar plan to build three skyscrapers on the coveted land and to raze a historic baseball stadium, replacing it with a new facility.
Talbert has led the public campaign to raze the Palace, contending that it is the only way a determination can be made about possible ground contamination from long ago underground fuel storage tanks.
When are you razing Forest 27 so that water can be saved now that drought is a national disaster you can invoke emergency powers to raze the Forest….
At whatever level of government they lurk, each outpost of “Public Health” boasts an atomic bomb’s power: they can and will raze everything in their path, as they’ve proved since March.
British Labour’s 1945 manifesto “Let Us Face the Future” began with a pointed observation that “this war will have been won by the people, not by any one man”, to raze the pillar on which Churchill stood.
Eventually, he directs them to raze the place.
Meanwhile, Crain and Owen had managed to secure state money that would allow the city to purchase abandoned homes in the flood plain, raze them, and resell the lots.
Raze has been noted for her explosive abilities and there are plenty of ways to use them in order to get a victory.
All this without mentioning the fact he had a massive f**k off gun that raze a small building to the ground.
A total of 21 stores are currently under construction, including eleven new retail locations and ten kiosks undergoing raze-and-rebuild construction that will return to operation as 1,400 sq. ft. stores.
Charlie Olson, the third-generation farmer who tends his family’s namesake orchard, is up in arms over a plan to raze some trees to expand a local museum.
Garcia is leading the government's emergency task force on the fires in the South American country, where farmers traditionally raze grassland to improve the soil.
His firm had applied for a raze permit for the property on October 8th.
Moshayedi originally planned to raze the nearly century-old garage for a five-story, 28-unit apartment building.
Nor is there any practical reason to raze the Park.
Schnitzer says he plans to raze the building and replace it with a warehouse that will employ between 30 and 100 people.
Common combinations with raze
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to raze 18×
- raze the 14×
- will raze 2×