1540s, alteration of racen "pull or knock down" (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) "to scratch, slash, scrape, erase," from Old French raser "to scrape, shave" (see rase). Related: Razed; razing.
例文
1. SS General Jurgen Stroop watches his troops raze Warsaw 's ghetto.
親衛隊将軍ジェルゲン?ステユプは、部下の平地にあるワルシャワのユダヤ人区を見つめていた。
2.The owners intend to raze the hotel and erect an office building on the site.
オーナーはホテルを平らにし、オフィスビルを立ち上げるつもりだ。
3.The conquerors tried to raze the very name of the peoples national hero from their memories.
征服者は、人民の民族英雄の名前を彼らの記憶から抹消しようとした。
4.The nuclear weapons stored by the United States alone are sufficient to raze the planet.