Verb (used with object), : to raze a row of old buildings. From Dictionary.com.
When my older daughter was around two, she asked me if I was "razing". From Wordnik.com. [because your mother said so] Reference
Talk of "razing" their culture is itself revelatory of primitive and genocidal beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [The teddy bear teacher is sentenced to 15 days in prison.] Reference
Controversy over West Side chapel razing for tower. From Wordnik.com. [The (Big) Round-Up: Monday] Reference
What a cautious stamping out of fire and razing of tents!. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
From the environmental side, consider the razing of a forest. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: GDP: Not All It's Cracked Up to Be?] Reference
See: ilovemountains. org on how you can help to stop razing Appalachia. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Takes a Village to Stop Razing Appalachia: Power Past Coal Fights Back] Reference
But, despite the fall in price, the razing of the rainforest continues. From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: Red Apes Killed in the Name of Palm Oil] Reference
As for the goal of razing a global village on the pretext of "saving" it?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
MOOS: The break-up comes after all that "Saturday Night Live" razing of the media. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2008] Reference
When officials suggested razing Hangar One, fans of the building expressed outrage. From Wordnik.com. [Blimp Hangar's Future Up in the Air] Reference
The woods are targeted for rezoning and razing to make way for a mini-storage facility. From Wordnik.com. [Anne M. Plant: Saving the Woods is Class Prejudice] Reference
Bioprospecting was supposed to help reap the riches of the rain forest without razing it. From Wordnik.com. [Under Construction] Reference
The Journal reports that other communities are looking to imitate the Wauwatosa "razing fee.". From Wordnik.com. [Al Norman: Towns Fight Back Against "Ghost Box" Scare] Reference
Others hit the same chord: The razing of the Berlin Wall meant the free-market way was the only way. From Wordnik.com. [Barack's European Vacation] Reference
This wasn't about razing a blighted neighborhood; it was about bringing in more tax revenue for the city. From Wordnik.com. [Evicted, But Not Without a Fight] Reference
Services that buy house parts from people who are remodeling or razing have proliferated in recent years. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping the Wrecking Ball at Bay] Reference
The appraisal was also based on razing the stadium and clubhouse and selling the property as a single large parcel. From Wordnik.com. [No Love Match for Stadium Plan] Reference
They were reminded of the images of slaughter, of razing of land, of massacres and assassinations, all kinds of things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2005] Reference
A "sick Mother Teresa" stormed into a slum to prevent local administrators from razing homes built for the slum dwellers. From Wordnik.com. [Pointing Fingers At Mother Teresa's Heirs] Reference
SMITH: We have run into a couple of problems in terms of razing a DNA profile from some of the samples that we've gathered. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2008] Reference
By World War II, the little red schoolhouse whose razing had been a New Deal project became a symbol of homefront democracy. From Wordnik.com. [In One Room, Many Advantages] Reference
And that is when they apparently called in more firepower and went in there basically razing that house in Mosul in northern Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2003] Reference
This, after a man was shot and killed during the demonstrations against the University of California for razing a people-made park. From Wordnik.com. [Boraxo] Reference
This year, Kabacoff has had his eyes on razing the Iberville housing projects, a site of low-income housing near the French Quarter. From Wordnik.com. [Van Jones: Police Beating Fits Pattern In New Orleans: Local Viewpoint] Reference
U.S. officials allege that Syria and North Korea spent months razing and cleaning up the site before allowing in outside inspectors. From Wordnik.com. [Syria Signals It Will Stop U.N. Nuclear Inspectors] Reference
People live there, and she's talking about "well-educated" people razing Levittown homes in some dreamy vision of the future for her. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Who Broke "Small Town" Story Says Obama Campaign's Response Was "Classy"] Reference
The operation includes the razing of villages and large-scale burning operations, concentrated in the triangle bounded by An Nasiriya. From Wordnik.com. [Iraqi Compliance With Un Security Council Resolutions] Reference
When the old armory on the site was slated for razing in 1987, nearby residents wanted a park and open space all the way to the water. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago's New Hope] Reference
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