raze
/reɪz/(亦作rase)
verb
with obj.(一般作be razed)
- completely destroy (a building, town, or other site)拆毁, 夷平（建筑、城镇或其他场所）：
villages were razed to the ground.
村落被夷为平地。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'scratch, incise'）： from Old French raser 'shave closely', from Latin ras- 'scraped', from the verb radere.