raze

v

1. tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut down, chop down, hew down, mow down.

2. demolish, pulverize, wreck, Sl. total, knock to pieces, dash to pieces, smash, reduce to nothing; devastate, desolate, lay waste; ravage, work havoc upon, destroy, ruin, Dial. ruinate, bring to ruin, lay in ruins; vandalize, waste, Sl. trash; undo, unmake, unbuild, dismantle, disassemble, take apart.

3. annihilate, discreate, exterminate, extirpate, extinguish; erase, efface, eradicate, expunge, cancel, obliterate; scrape off, cut off, cut out, excise; blot out, strike out, stamp out, crush out, wipe out, rub out; purge, get rid of, leave no vestige or trace of, liquidate, remove, dispose of; terminate, dissolve, bring to an end, put an end to, do away with.