raze vs uplift

raze

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

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

  • To scrape as if with a razor. 

  • To demolish; to level to the ground. 

uplift

verb
  • To aggravate; to increase. 

  • To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level. 

  • To be accepted for carriage on a flight. 

  • To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization. 

  • To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession. 

noun
  • An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances. 

  • The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover. 

  • The act or result of being uplifted. 

  • A brassiere that raises the breasts. 

  • A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. 

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