Demolish Completely Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "RAZE" which means:

verb
• • Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
noun
• • A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. example: several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
• • Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
• • A race condition.
• • A progressive movement toward a goal.
• • A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
• • A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
• • Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
• • The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
• • A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
• • A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
• • A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
• • A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
• • Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
• • Characteristic quality or disposition.
• • A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
• • A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The old building was razed to make way for a new shopping center."
• • "The wildfire threatened to raze the entire forest."

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