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1. The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
   - wrecking
    
2. Complete destruction of a building
   - leveling [US], tearing down, demolishing, levelling [Brit, Cdn]

1. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
   - level, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

Sounds like: raising, rasing

Type of: demolition, destroy, destruct, destruction, devastation, spifflicate, spiflicate, wipeout

Encyclopedia: Raze Raze, Haute-Saône