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   raze

   /reɪz/

   verb

   • 1. completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement): "villages were razed to the ground"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • Z

     10

   • E

     1

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