削り取る

けずりとる

Also written 削りとる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to shave off; to scrape off

Kanji

• 削 shave. Read as けずる.
• 取 take. Read as とる.

Example sentences

• 洪水で家の土台が削り取られた。
  The house was undermined by the flood.

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