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But all young passions, being, like youth itself, essentially spendthrift, raze their forests to the ground instead of merely cutting the timber.
Mais essentiellement dissipatrices, les premières passions, de même que les jeunes gens, coupent leurs forêts à blanc au lieu de les aménager.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
"Yes!" he slowly replied in his pure and musical voice, "we mean to raze it and not leave a stone of it, but raze it in order to build it up again."
« Oui ! dit-il lentement de sa pure voix musicale, oui ! la raser, n’en pas laisser une seule pierre ! mais la détruire pour la reconstruire ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
And the violent deeds of civil war and the ravages of invasion swept by like whirlwinds, throwing down the walls, razing the palaces and towers.
Et les violences des guerres civiles les ravages des invasions, passèrent telles que des ouragans, abattirent les murailles, rasèrent les palais et les tours.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Still he proceeded like one who bore a charmed life; for, while his rude frontier garments were more than once cut, his skin was not razed.
Cependant il était comme un homme dont la vie est protégée par un charme ; car, quoique ses vêtements fussent percés en plusieurs endroits, il n’avait pas reçu une seule blessure.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
It fell at last, and then the walls were razed.
Elle tomba finalement, et ses vainqueurs rasèrent les murs.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Perhaps he dreamt of what he would do with those new districts with which the city had been soiled. Should they be razed, or left as evidence of the insanity of the usurpers?
Peut-être rêvait-il à ce qu’il ferait de ces quartiers nouveaux, dont on l’avait souillée : les abattrait-il, les laisserait-il là comme un témoignage de la démence des usurpateurs ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The city will be razed to the ground, levelled, cleansed.
La cité sera rasée, nivelée, débarbouillée, badigeonnée.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
The grey, dismal Palatine, razed like some accursed city, suddenly became animated, peopled, crowned with palaces and temples.
Ce Palatin qu’il venait de visiter, ce Palatin gris et morne, rasé comme une cité maudite, semé de quelques murs croulants, tout d’un coup s’anima, se peupla, repoussa avec ses, palais et ses temples.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
"You young rascal!" said he, "it's our Rome which you dream of destroying with your bombs, which you talk of razing like a rotten, tottering house, so as to rid the world of it for ever!"
« Et, scélérat que tu es, c’est notre Rome que tu rêves de détruire à coups de bombe, que tu parles de raser comme une vieille maison branlante et pourrie, afin d’en débarrasser à jamais la terre !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

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raze

verb
Basic forms
Pastrazed
Imperativeraze
Present Participle (Participle I)razing
Past Participle (Participle II)razed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I razewe raze
you razeyou raze
he/she/it razesthey raze
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am razingwe are razing
you are razingyou are razing
he/she/it is razingthey are razing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have razedwe have razed
you have razedyou have razed
he/she/it has razedthey have razed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been razingwe have been razing
you have been razingyou have been razing
he/she/it has been razingthey have been razing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I razedwe razed
you razedyou razed
he/she/it razedthey razed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was razingwe were razing
you were razingyou were razing
he/she/it was razingthey were razing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had razedwe had razed
you had razedyou had razed
he/she/it had razedthey had razed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been razingwe had been razing
you had been razingyou had been razing
he/she/it had been razingthey had been razing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will razewe shall/will raze
you will razeyou will raze
he/she/it will razethey will raze
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be razingwe shall/will be razing
you will be razingyou will be razing
he/she/it will be razingthey will be razing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have razedwe shall/will have razed
you will have razedyou will have razed
he/she/it will have razedthey will have razed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been razingwe shall/will have been razing
you will have been razingyou will have been razing
he/she/it will have been razingthey will have been razing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would razewe should/would raze
you would razeyou would raze
he/she/it would razethey would raze
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be razingwe should/would be razing
you would be razingyou would be razing
he/she/it would be razingthey would be razing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have razedwe should/would have razed
you would have razedyou would have razed
he/she/it would have razedthey would have razed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been razingwe should/would have been razing
you would have been razingyou would have been razing
he/she/it would have been razingthey would have been razing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am razedwe are razed
you are razedyou are razed
he/she/it is razedthey are razed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being razedwe are being razed
you are being razedyou are being razed
he/she/it is being razedthey are being razed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been razedwe have been razed
you have been razedyou have been razed
he/she/it has been razedthey have been razed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was razedwe were razed
you were razedyou were razed
he/she/it was razedthey were razed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being razedwe were being razed
you were being razedyou were being razed
he/she/it was being razedthey were being razed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been razedwe had been razed
you had been razedyou had been razed
he/she/it had been razedthey had been razed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be razedwe shall/will be razed
you will be razedyou will be razed
he/she/it will be razedthey will be razed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been razedwe shall/will have been razed
you will have been razedyou will have been razed
he/she/it will have been razedthey will have been razed