raze
noun
1. obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).
verb
1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Similar word(s): dismantle, level, rase
Definition categories: creation, destroy, destruct
Sentences with raze as a verb:
- The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”