Which statement describes raze?

• A. Scrape or shave off; erase
• B. To demolish completely a city, building, etc.
• C. To plant trees
• D. To rebuild

Answer: (B)

Raze means to demolish something completely, leaving nothing standing. That explains why the correct description is demolishing a city or building entirely. You might hear that a town was razed to the ground, emphasizing total destruction. This is different from scraping or shaving off a surface, which only removes a layer and doesn’t imply tearing down the entire structure. It also isn’t about erasing marks or memories, which is a separate sense of the word erase. Planting trees is unrelated, and rebuilding is the opposite action of raze.