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词汇 razed
释义 razed
past simple and past participle ofraze
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
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Destroying and demolishing
annihilate
annihilation
apocalypse
bash
bash through (something)
be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom
consume
costly
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erosionally
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sabotage
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Examples of razed


razed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


On orders of the sadrazam, the latter was razed in 1661 and the former in 1674.
Whole cities have been more or less razed following successive sieges.
It is a razed flat surface.
One only has to think of the slums that we have in this country that ought to be razed to the ground.
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Who can forget the sight of families fleeing for their lives, their homes and villages razed to the ground?
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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.
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Whole villages have been razed to the ground.
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There is obliteration; buildings of all kinds are razed to the ground.
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Their homes have been razed to the ground.
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At least 28 of them ought to be razed to the ground.
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It would have been a tragedy had that smelter been razed to the ground.
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The villagers knew that one of our operations meant the likelihood of their houses being razed.
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Its principal would like to see it razed to the ground.
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We would like to see these barrack-like institutions, in which so many people endured a living death for so long, razed to the ground.
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He has virtually razed that country to the ground.
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