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English
Englishraze to the ground
Meaning: To destroy a building or town completely.
Example: “The old cinema was razed to the ground to make room for apartments.”
Origin: "Raze" comes through French from Latin "radere," to scrape. The phrase is found in English from the 16th century.
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