2006-09-08 11:24:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Actually, the term is "razing a building to the ground." Razing means to demolish something until it's level with the ground.
2006-09-08 11:29:03 · answer #1 · answered by Peggy M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone's said it already, but the more answers you get the mroe convinced you'll probably become.
Although the word sounds like 'raising', in this instance it is spelt 'razing'. And so it's not a weird phrase which seems to mean the opposite of what you'd expect, it's just a word being used for what it means (which as someone else has said means to make flat/level with).
2006-09-08 18:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as a root.
'Razing a building to the ground' - taking it down to its root.
2006-09-08 18:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase should be "razing to the ground" as in destroying completely
2006-09-09 16:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by golfnut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The verb is to raze; to destroy or tear down, to make level with the ground.
2006-09-08 18:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by pompeii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's "razing" which means destroying. Not sure where it comes from but it reminds me of a kickass Judas Priest song lol.
2006-09-08 18:30:08 · answer #6 · answered by Chris_Knows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a saying, its what you do. The word is razing rather than raising.
2006-09-08 18:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by boracic1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not "raising" but "razing". It means totally destroying it, so only the foundations are left.
2006-09-10 09:34:19 · answer #8 · answered by Specsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Razing" is an alternate spelling.
Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.]
[F. raser. See Rase, v. t.]
[Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
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It is one of those odd words that can mean one thing and its opposite.
Like: cleave can mean cut apart or put together.
2006-09-08 18:30:56 · answer #9 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's razing.
2006-09-08 18:29:14 · answer #10 · answered by michael k 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋