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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
an entire city block razed by a terrible fire
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as in demolished
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces
the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex
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Recent Examples of razed
Designers believed that form should follow function and razed the superfluous embellishments in favor of a minimalistic approach.
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Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024
More than a thousand civilians are dead, more than a million have fled their homes, and entire city blocks have been razed.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
The death toll is expected to climb as rescuers sift through the rubble of dozens of buildings that have been razed.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Smoke from Canadian wildfires, which razed territory the size of Greece, forced millions of Americans and Canadians indoors to avoid respiratory illness.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2023
Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024
More than a thousand civilians are dead, more than a million have fled their homes, and entire city blocks have been razed.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
The death toll is expected to climb as rescuers sift through the rubble of dozens of buildings that have been razed.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Smoke from Canadian wildfires, which razed territory the size of Greece, forced millions of Americans and Canadians indoors to avoid respiratory illness.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for razed
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The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Prior to Thursday, the analysts at the open-source intelligence collective Oryx had tallied one destroyed Nebo-M and two damaged ones.David Axe, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Buildings on site tied to the Cadillac dealership have already been demolished as part of the redevelopment plans, including a parts service building and a collision, paint, and repair center.Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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The distillery operated sporadically before being mothballed in 1998 and demolished in 2013.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rescue crews are hindered by cell service outages and ruined roads and bridges as federal officials warn money to help people get back on their feet is tenuous with 57 days still left in the official hurricane season.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Instead of basking at the park's desert ecosystem, visitors left graffiti and ruined trails.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The situation reached a tragic crescendo with the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020 — the largest non-nuclear blast to date—that devastated large parts of the city, further exposing governmental failings and amplifying public despair.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Chief Cares continues to raise funds for North Carolina and other states devastated by Hurricane Helene.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
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Federal officials and experts are warning that the winds and floodwaters from Helene that wrecked the Southeast carry unscrupulous fraudsters amid the flotsam.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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When the smoke cleared, 16 MT-LBs and a tank lay wrecked.David Axe, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Razed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/razed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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