Both Uses of
raze
in
I Am Malala
- My father went there after the bombings and found the buildings completely razed to the ground.
p. 143.2 *razed = flattened
- The school, hospital and electricity station along the main road were all razed to the ground.
p. 201.9
Definition:
completely destroy -- usually of buildings with the implication that they are flattened to the ground