raze
rayz
- v tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- Critics deride Illinois' plan to spend $40 million to raze the building where the NIU mass murders took place.
- There is also a story in high places that, in keeping with the "tough-guy" tradition, credits Stalin with one other desire: permission from his allies to raze Berlin, as a lesson .
- With no clear direction on whether to raze or rebuild, the 300,000 residents who fled the region are frustrated--and increasingly indecisive--about returning.