Make and Raze

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Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Usage example: will you help me make the dough for the cookies?
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Raze is an antonym for make in topics: estimate, designate, add up to, enact, arrive.
Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Raze

Raze verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: an entire city block razed by a terrible fire
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Make is an antonym for raze.
Nearby Word: razing
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Common collocations

run make run raze run
world make world raze world

Both words in one sentence

  • The fic manages to make it even worse; since the Hero of Ferelden is gone, the new Commander will raze the town even with the heroes in it.
    Source: Fan Fic / Accursed Ones
  • Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove starts out as an egotistical jerk who casually informs the peasant Pacha that he's planning to raze his home to make room for a Kuzcotopia.
    Source: Break the Haughty
  • Series / Johnny and the Sprites Ann Harada turned up as a real estate developer who wanted to raze Grotto's Grove to make way for a luxury hotel.
    Source: Series / Johnny and the Sprites
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Raze and Make. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/raze
Make & Raze. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/raze>.
Raze or Make. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/raze.

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