" raze "

1: to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of;

  * e.g., " ... an entire city block razed by a terrible fire "

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilate,

•  cream,

•  decimate,

•  demolish,

•  desolate,

•  destroy,

•  devastate,

•  do in,

•  extinguish,

•  nuke,

•  pull down,

•  pulverize,

•  rub out,

•  ruin,

•  shatter,

•  smash,

•  tear down,

•  total,

•  vaporize,

•  waste,

•  wrack,

•  wreck

•  Antonyms : 

•  build,

•  construct,

•  erect,

•  put up,

•  raise,

•  rear,

•  set up

2: to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces;

  * e.g., " ... the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex "

•  Synonyms : 

•  demolish,

•  level,

•  pull down,

•  tear down,

•  unbuild

•  Antonyms : 

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