raze

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This is a raze, and requires a formal process, not an alteration and a major misuse of the building permit process.

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  1. transitive verb To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.
  2. transitive verb To scrape or shave off.
  3. transitive verb Archaic To erase.

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  • · During the reporting period, IOF continued to raze areas of Palestinian land in Wadi al-Rasha and Ras Teera villages, south of Qalqilya, for the purpose of constructing a new route to the wall in line with a decision by the Israeli High Court.
  • Vito Construction will also raze the vacant, boarded-up house directly next door, which town officials consider "an eyesore" and graffiti magnet. —  News for Culpeper Star-Exponent
  • The payments covered additional costs stemming from an agreement that paved the way for the congregation to construct a new church in return for backing off its plan to raze the historic brick one, they said.
  • After rejecting the church's request to raze the original building, city officials agreed to help the congregation with additional costs associated with constructing a new
  • Clinton meets Abbas, calls Israel's plans to raze Palestinian homes 'unhelpful' —  The Daily Star > News Feed
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raze:   razing ·  razed
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English rasen, to scrape off, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, frequentative of Latin rādere; see rash2.

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  1. Origin obscure.
 

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