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To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.

(figurative) To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.

Alternative spelling of raze.

To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.

To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.

(no longer used) To alter (a document) by erasing parts of it.

(no longer used) To cut, scratch, or tear (someone or something) with a sharp object; to lacerate, to slash.

(no longer used) To remove (something) by scraping; also, to cut or shave (something) off.

(no longer used) To scrape (something) to remove things from its surface; also, to reduce (something) to small pieces by scraping; to grate.

(no longer used) To shave (someone or part of their body) with a razor, etc.

(no longer used) To rub lightly along the surface of (something); brush against, to graze.

(no longer used) To graze or rub lightly along a surface.

(no longer used) To carve (a line, mark, etc.) into something; to incise, to inscribe; also, to carve lines, marks, etc., into (something); to engrave.

(no longer used) To carve lines, marks, etc., into something.

(no longer used) To penetrate through something; to pierce.

(no longer used) To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.

(no longer used, rare) Of a natural marking on the head of an animal (chiefly a horse): to extend down the head.

(no longer used) An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.

(no longer used, rare) A measure in which the commodity assessed is made level with the top of the measuring vessel rather than heaped above it.