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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on June 26th, 2009
It is properly spelt "razed to the ground". Raze is the word from which Razor comes - it means to cut of smooth to the surface, as a razor cuts of hair. So something razed to the ground has been so demolished that nothing sticks up above ground level.
by Theby on June 26th, 2009
It's "razed" which simply means dismantled or demolished.
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