Synonyms of razing

razing

verb

present participle of raze

1

as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

an entire city block razed by a terrible fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• demolishing
• ruining
• wrecking
• shattering
• devastating
• smashing
• overcoming
• damaging
• wasting
• extinguishing
• pulverizing
• annihilating
• eroding
• decimating
• marring
• vaporizing
• ravaging
• dismantling
• killing
• totalling
• totaling
• nuking
• crushing
• crippling
• removing
• creaming
• tearing down
• pulling down
• breaking
• defeating
• wracking
• doing in
• blasting
• desolating
• injuring
• subduing
• conquering
• dynamiting
• trimming
• licking
• mutilating
• disintegrating
• rubbing out
• deteriorating
• defacing
• dissolving
• spoiling
• mastering
• eradicating
• whipping
• prevailing (over)
• harming
• surmounting
• disfiguring
• impairing
• routing
• winning (against)
• obliterating
• gutting
• slaughtering
• vandalizing
• plundering
• scouring
• sacking
• thrashing
• wearing (away)
• beating
• assassinating
• mangling
• looting
• undoing
• exterminating
• disassembling
• murdering
• triumphing (over)
• besting
• vitiating
• clobbering
• pillaging
• liquidating
• sweeping (away)
• walloping
• despoiling
• expunging
• extirpating
• executing
• trampling
• massacring
• effacing
• blowing up
• trashing
• scotching
• slaying
• trouncing
• washing out
• wiping out
• unbuilding
• dilapidating
• taking down
• overmatching
• drubbing
• dispatching
• butchering
• overbearing
• unmaking
• stamping (out)
• cutting down
• rooting (out)
• felling
• blotting out
• zapping
• snuffing (out)
• taking out
• killing off
• mowing (down)
• skunking
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• raising
• repairing
• creating
• rearing
• fixing
• setting up
• producing
• putting up
• making
• forming
• establishing
• shaping
• inventing
• assembling
• manufacturing
• organizing
• revamping
• framing
• forging
• preserving
• patching
• protecting
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• molding
• instituting
• founding
• constituting
• fabricating
• saving
• mending
• rebuilding
• bringing about
• restoring
• reconstructing
• doctoring
• conserving
• remodeling
• renovating
• fathering

2

as in demolishing

to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces

the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demolishing
• levelling
• destroying
• unbuilding
• leveling
• tearing down
• pulling down
• dynamiting
• obliterating
• wrecking
• eradicating
• overturning
• ravaging
• flattening
• decimating
• abolishing
• pulverizing
• smashing
• finishing
• extirpating
• annihilating
• totalling
• ruining
• devouring
• dissolving
• wasting
• wiping out
• devastating
• totaling
• blowing up
• crushing
• unmaking
• doing in
• scourging
• cracking up
• dashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• erecting
• raising
• rebuilding
• restoring
• creating
• renewing
• making
• forming
• putting up
• shaping
• manufacturing
• renovating
• forging
• fashioning
• fabricating