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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Old French
Origin: raser, from Latin radere 'to scrape, shave'

raze

 verb
     
raze [transitive usually passive]
to completely destroy a town or building:
In 1162 Milan was razed to the ground by imperial troops.
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