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Dismantled vs Razed - What's the difference?

dismantled | razed |

As verbs the difference between dismantled and razed

is that dismantled is (dismantle) while razed is (raze).

As an adjective razed is

(obsolete) slashed or striped in patterns.

dismantled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dismantle)

    • dismantle

    English

    Verb

    (dismantl)
  • (originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
    • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}

    Derived terms

    * dismantlement

    References

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    razed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (raze)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Slashed or striped in patterns.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.