Synonyms of raze
53 similar words
Another word for raze is destroy. Other synonyms of raze are annihilate, aerosolize, atomize, bewreck and blot out.
Synonyms and similar words for raze
verbTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to...
- destroy
- annihilate
- aerosolize
- atomize
- bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- blot out
- blotto
- dashTo ruin; to destroy.
- decompose
- demolish
- desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- devastate
- diffuse
- disintegrate
- disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- dissolve
- eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- eradicateTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- extirpateTo destroy completely; to annihilate.
- fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
- harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
- jazz
- lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- levelTo destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
- obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- overturn
- pull down
- pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
- ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- remove
- ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- ruinate
- stamp out
- total
- subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- unbreed figuratively
- unexist
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe off
- wreck
- benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- fordo obsolete
- overthrow rare
- race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
Meaning of raze
- verb To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- verb To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
- verb To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
Questions about synonyms of raze
- What is another word for raze?
- Raze has 53 synonyms on Word.ws, such as destroy, annihilate, aerosolize, atomize, bewreck, blot out, blotto and dash.
- What does raze mean?
- Raze means to level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: raze (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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