raze vs raise vs rise

Definitions

verb

1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Examples

The contacts for the USB connector are even gold-plated to ensure better conductivity, according to Razer.

Had I known my ample posterior would have caused such a stir I would gladly have done anything to be less brazen.

The baboon would keep the goats together as they grazed during the day, giving alarm calls if it spotted cheetahs or leopards.

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verb

1. raise the level or amount of something
2. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
3. put forward for consideration or discussion
4. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
5. invigorate or heighten

noun

1. the act of raising something
2. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
3. the amount a salary is increased
4. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Examples

My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.

I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog.

Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.

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verb

1. rise up
2. exert oneself to meet a challenge
3. come into existence; take on form or shape
4. come to the surface
5. rise to one's feet

noun

1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
2. a growth in strength or number or importance
3. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
4. the amount a salary is increased
5. the act of changing location in an upward direction

Examples

One infers that all of this would be computerised information.

The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.

She jumped back with a little yelp of surprise.

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