1. Complete destruction of a building
   "The razing of the old factory made way for a new park";
   - leveling [US], tearing down, demolishing, levelling [Brit, Cdn]

1. Destroy or completely remove a building or structure
   "When a force occupies an enemy fortress, it may raze the fortifications";
   - level, rase [archaic], dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down, flatten, demolish, knock down

Sounds like: rrazing

Type of: destroy, destruct, destruction, devastation, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]

Antonym: rear

Encyclopedia: Razing