Raze

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.

Synonyms: demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.