raze vs replace

raze

verb
  • To demolish; to level to the ground. 

  • To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate. 

  • To scrape as if with a razor. 

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

replace

verb
  • To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place. 

  • To place again. 

  • To put in a new or different place. 

  • To take over the position or role from. 

  • To take the place of; to be used instead of 

  • To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back 

  • To refund; to repay; to pay back 

  • To supply or substitute an equivalent for 

How often have the words raze and replace occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )