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Raped

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Adjective

1. despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked

having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

Example Sentences:
'the raped countryside'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Raped

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noun
1. 
the offence of forcing a person, esp a woman, to submit to sexual intercourse against that person's will
See also statutory rape
2. 
the act of despoiling a country in warfare; rapine
3. 
any violation or abuse
the rape of justice
4. archaic
abduction
the rape of the Sabine women
verb (mainly tr)
5. 
to commit rape upon (a person)
6. (also intr)
to plunder or despoil (a place) in war
7. archaic
to carry off by force; abduct
noun
a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus, that has bright yellow flowers and is cultivated for its seeds, which yield a useful oil, and as a fodder plant: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
. Also called: colza, cole
noun
(often plural)
the skins and stalks of grapes left after wine-making: used in making vinegar

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Raped

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noun
1. 
a. 
the crime of engaging in sexual acts, esp. involving penetration of the vagina or anus, usually forcibly, with a person who has not consented; specif., this crime committed by a man upon a woman or girl
b. 
statutory rape
2.  Rare
the act of seizing and carrying away by force
3. 
the plundering or violent destruction (of a city, etc.), as in warfare
4. 
any outrageous assault or flagrant violation
verb transitiveWord forms: raped or ˈraping
5.  Rare
to seize and carry away by force
6. 
to commit rape on; violate
7. 
to plunder or destroy
verb intransitive
8. 
to commit rape
noun
an annual Old World plant (Brassica napus) of the crucifer family, whose seeds yield an oil and whose leaves are used for fodder
noun
the crushed pulp of grapes after the juice has been extracted

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Raped

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n.
1.
a. The crime of using force or the threat of force to compel a person to submit to sexual intercourse.
b. The crime of using force or threat of force to compel a person to submit to some other sexual penetration.
c. Other unlawful sexual intercourse or penetration, as with an unconscious person or person below the age of or incapable of consent.
d. An instance of any of these crimes.
2. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction: the rape of Europa by Zeus.
3. The act of pillaging or plundering: the rape of the city by the invaders.
4. Abusive or improper treatment; spoiling or abuse: the rape of the land by polluters.
tr.v. raped, rap·ing, rapes
1. To use force or threat of force to compel (another person) to submit to sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration.
2. To seize and carry off by force.
3. To plunder or pillage.
4. To treat improperly; abuse or spoil.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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