Associations to the word «Raze»

Wiktionary

RAZE, verb. (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
RAZE, verb. (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.
RAZE, noun. Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).

Dictionary definition

RAZE, verb. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats