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Definition
Raise
Increase the level or amount of something
Examples
Raise my salary
Raze
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Examples
When a force occupies an enemy fortress, it may raze the fortifications
Live Twitter Feeds
What's the internet saying about raise/raze?
@olliexcore: @HughDoVoodoo If by “raise” you mean “set fire to”, it’s “raze” #sorry #notsorry
@ndotrogers: Raise the world or raze the world?
@BeefPuncher: I like how raise means to lift up and raze means to knock down and people still take English frighteningly seriously.
@VestaTot: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@REXchosero: you raze the old to raise the new
@shinyredthings: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@Aeron_Colmenar: Why does NO ONE know how to spell RAISE from raise academy..i've seen rays, and raze. Wtf
@Carl_Little: Bomani Jones blog on RG3. Folks'll raise ya, then they'll RAZE ya. http://t.co/Zr2a77GdUv
@Ryder2525: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@LonelyJackalope: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@KaylaVanderHill: “@XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.” hahahahaha crying 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Skeptikal__: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@StacieMcCloud: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@kawwa__: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@King_Tasso: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@2kawaii4U_: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@wokkax3: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@RoommateKait: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@pp2vag_pro: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.
@Spaceflea: RT @XplodingUnicorn: I didn’t say I want to raise your kids. I said I want to raze them, like to the ground.