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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