arrasar

/araˈsaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to annihilate, to devastate, to ravage, to exterminate

🚜💥 a-RRASAR: sounds like 'a raza' (flatten the race) — leaves nothing standing

Comes from rasar, to make 'ras' (level, flush with the ground), from Latin rasus 'scraped'. The same root gives English 'raze' and 'erase': scrape something until it is flat or gone.

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