来自古法语 raser,刮，削，来自拉丁语 radere,刮，咬，词源同 rodent,eraser.引申词义使夷为平 地。

1. SS General Jurgen Stroop watches his troops raze Warsaw's ghetto.

党卫队将军杰尔根.斯特如普注视着被他的部下一位平地的华沙犹太人区.

2. The owners intend to raze the hotel and erect an office building on the site.

业主打算夷平酒店和竖立一座办公大楼在网站上.

3. The conquerors tried to raze the very name of the peoples national hero from their memories.

征服者妄图把人民的民族英雄的名字从他们的记忆中抹去.

4. The nuclear weapons stored by the United States alone are sufficient to raze the planet.

仅美国储存的核武器就足以毁灭地球.