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      rape
      noun
      The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being.
      (slang, sometimes offensive) An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary.
      Overpowerment; utter defeat.
      An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
      The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
      A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
      Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
      A surname.
      (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
      (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
      (now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
      (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
      (obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.
      (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
      (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
      verb
      (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
      (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
      (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
      (slang, sometimes offensive) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
      To exploit an advantage, often involving money, where the other person has little choice but to submit.
      To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce.
      (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
      (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
      adverb
      (obsolete) Quickly; hastily.
      Roots
      rapiorap- · Latin · seize, snatch
      Synonyms for rape
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      Words related to rape
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