rape
1. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will • Syn: violation, assault, ravishment • Derivationally related forms: ravish (for: ravishment), assault (for: assault), violate (for: violation) • Hypernyms: sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense • Hyponyms: date rape, statutory rape, carnal abuse 2. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop • Syn: colza, Brassica napus • Hypernyms: mustard • Member Holonyms: Brassica, genus Brassica • Substance Meronyms: rapeseed 3. the act of despoiling a country in warfare • Syn: rapine • Hypernyms: plundering, pillage, pillaging
1. force (someone) to have sex against their will (Freq. 4) - The woman was raped on her way home at night • Syn: ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage • Derivationally related forms: outrage (for: outrage), dishonor (for: dishonor), assaultive (for: assault), violation (for: violate), violator (for: violate), ravishment (for: ravish), ravisher (for: ravish), raper • Hypernyms: assail, assault, set on, attack • Hyponyms: gang-rape • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - They want to rape the prisoners 2. destroy and strip of its possession - The soldiers raped the beautiful country • Syn: spoil, despoil, violate, plunder • Derivationally related forms: plundering (for: plunder), despoilment (for: despoil), despoliation (for: despoil), spoil (for: spoil), spoliation (for: spoil), spoilation (for: spoil) • Hypernyms: destroy, ruin • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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