| 词汇 | raze |
| 释义 | raze verb[ T ] uk /reɪz/ us /reɪz/ to completely destroy a city, building, etc.: 把（城市、建筑物等）夷为平地；彻底摧毁 The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building was left standing.整个城镇在空袭中被夷为平地——没有一座建筑物幸存。 Synonyms destroy level Destroying and demolishing annihilate annihilation apocalypse bash bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom costly dynamite erosion erosional erosionally erosive saboteur sack sacking sacrifice scarred self-destruct sink wipe raze | American Dictionaryraze verb[ T ] us/reɪz/ to destroy a building, structure, etc. completely: Developers razed the old buildings on the site to make way for new construction. Examples of razeraze Shopping centres are built in ways that make them easy to raze. On orders of the sadrazam, the latter was razed in 1661 and the former in 1674. This is a relative notion, however, as there is no solid evidence to suggest that houses were radically destroyed upon abandonment by burning or razing them to the ground. In 1944, the city decided to remove the ' ' el ' ' tracks that ran across the bridge and to raze the transport terminals that had stood at either end. Observers past and present expressed wonderment at all-night floodlights enabling 200 men and 30 teams of horses to work non-stop razing existing structures while simultaneously excavating for foundations. Drought and g razing patch dynamics under different grazing management. One only has to think of the slums that we have in this country that ought to be razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who can forget the sight of families fleeing for their lives, their homes and villages razed to the ground? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That amazing example of modernist architecture at the top of an industrial valley was razed to the ground to provide space for a shopping centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whole villages have been razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is obliteration; buildings of all kinds are razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their homes have been razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least 28 of them ought to be razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been a tragedy had that smelter been razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The villagers knew that one of our operations meant the likelihood of their houses being razed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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