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To destroy and sweep completely away
- What's the meaning of the phrase 'Raze to the ground'? To destroy and sweep completely away. What's the origin of the phrase 'Raze to the ground'? The expression ‘raze to the ground’, like ‘ bated breath ‘ and ‘ just deserts ‘, is often spelled incorrectly.
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raze (something) to the ground. To completely demolish or destroy something until it is nothing but rubble on the ground. We've decided to raze this rickety old building to the ground. The wildfire ravaged the mountain town, razing countless buildings to the ground. See also: ground, raze, to.
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destroy or demolish.tear down something, often a building, to ground level.deleteeraseWe will raze the old, rickety building to the ground.The wildfire ravaged the town and razed several buildings to the ground.The council razed the old city hall to the ground.The bombing raid razed the town to the ground.The idiom “raze to the ground” traces its origins to the 16th century. Henry Howard, the Earle of Surrey, used the word “razed” in Aeneid II in 1547. William Shakespeare also used it in 1592 in Henry VI, Part II. It comes from the term “rasen,” which means to erase or scrape. The word “raze” sounds similar to “erase,” which can help one remember it...
The verbs raise and raze sound the same, but are often opposite in meaning. As a verb, raise refers to bringing something to a higher position or building or moving something upright. To raze something is to tear it down or destroy it to the ground.
2010年2月8日 · by Simon Kewin. The englishmonarchs.co.uk web site reports that many monasteries were “raised to the ground” by Viking raiders during the reign of King Ethelred I. But how can a monastery be “raised to the ground”? Although commonly seen on the web, the phrase “raised to the ground” is almost always a misspelling of “razed to the ground”.
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1. : to destroy to the ground : demolish. raze an old building. 2. a. : to scrape, cut, or shave off. b. archaic : erase. razer noun. Synonyms. annihilate. cream. decimate. demolish. desolate. destroy. devastate. do in. extinguish.
to completely destroy a city, building, etc. 把（城市、建築物等）夷爲平地；徹底摧毀. The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building was left standing. 整個城鎮在空襲中被夷爲平地——沒有一座建築物倖存。 同义词. destroy. level. (raze在剑桥英语-中文（繁体）词典的翻译 © Cambridge University Press) raze的 例句. Whole villages have been razed to the ground. 来自. Hansard archive.
