raze

vt.
1. erase,scrape away擦掉，刮去。
△2H.VI.1.1.102(101):“Razing the characters of your renown，”擦掉了关于你们盛名的记载。
2. wipe out,destroy消灭，毁灭。
△Lr.1.4.4: “Forwhich I razed my likeness.” i.e. For which I de-stroyed my appearance. 为了它，我毁掉自己的面貌。
3. tear off扯掉。
△R.III. 3. 4. 81:“Stanley did dream
the boar did raze our helms.”斯坦莱梦见野猪蹭掉我们的头盔。
4. level with the ground,subvert把…夷为平地，颠覆。
△1H.VI. 2.3.65: “Razeth your cities,and subvertsyour towns，”夷平你们的城池，摧毁你们的市镇。
Phrases:
raze off: tear or pull off,rub out,erase扯掉，擦掉，抹掉。
△R.III.3.2.11: “He dreamt the boar had razedoff his helm；”他梦见一头野猪蹭掉了他的头盔。
raze out: blot out,erase抹掉，擦掉。
△2H.IV.5.2.126: “To mock the expectation of the world,/ Tofrustrate prophecies,and to raze out / Rotten opin-ion，”反驳世人对于我的预料，挫败种种预言，抹掉恶意歪曲的流言。
△Mac.5.3.42:“Raze out the written troubles ofthe brain，”抹掉脑筋上写下的种种烦恼。