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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Raze

/(rāz)/ · IPA /ɹeɪz/
01 n. A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
  1. 1.
    A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing
  1. 1.
    To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
    “Razing the characters of your renown.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
    “The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy.” — Dryden.
Syn. To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.