razed

IPA: rˈeɪzd

Examples of "razed" in Sentences

The town on the mainland was conquered, but not completely razed to the ground, as had been predicted.
The Zeppelin razed a whisky warehouse, damaged Princes Street Station* and trashed several private homes and businesses.
This fissure in the Iron Curtain set off a chain of events, and by the end of the year the Berlin Wall had, at least conceptually, been razed.
I crank up Gran Vitaly's "Looming Hurricane" on my iPod and weave through the cage, separated from heavily-armed soldiers by razed agricultural land.
Unfortunately, though, the Finns were very reluctant to have anything to do with the scheme, or even to annex any Russian territory, whether "razed" or otherwise.
A few parts in the vicinity of Olšanské náměstí were razed, which is why it is one of the few places close to the centre where you will today find somewhat incongruous looking paneláky.
Despite this severe judgment, God does not say anything about walls being razed to the ground, about only bare rocks being left, about nothing being left but rubble, and about never being rebuilt.
Paris Pantheon (I have seen emperors and demagogues cast down from their pedestals even in my own time, and Grattan's name razed from the street called after him in Dublin); I say that I was more flattered by it, because it was _simple, unpolitical, and was without motive or ostentation_, the pure and warm feeling of a boy for the poet he admired. "