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English
Etymology
From OF. raser.

Pronunciation
Wiktionary:Pronunciation_key|IPA: /reɪz/
WIktionary:Pronunciation_key|SAMPA: /<tt>reIz</tt>/
enPR|r�z
audio|en-us-raise.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: raise, rase, rays, Ray's
:Rhymes:English:-eɪz|Rhymes: -eɪz

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|raz|ing

1. To demolish; to level to the ground.

#: The work 'laconic' derives from Lakon ("person from Lakonia") the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When w:Philip II of Macedon|Philip of Macedon threatened them with, "If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground," the Spartans' reply was, "If."

1. To scrape as if with a razor.

Translations
trans-top|to demolish
Finnish: tuhota/hävittää maan tasalle
trans-mid
Icelandic: rífa niður, leggja í rúst, jafna við jörðu
trans-bottom

trans-top|to scrape as if with a razor
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Category:Contranyms

Friulian

Noun
raze g|Friulian

1. duck

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• 2007-12-13 09:15 - Jaaari - +fi

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