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To demolish; to level to the ground.

To scrape as if with a razor.

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins

Example: The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

A race condition.

A progressive movement toward a goal.

Example: the race to cure cancer

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:

A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.

A breed or strain of domesticated animal.

A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).

Example: Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.