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RAPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

Synonyms:

assault; rape; ravishment; violation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rape" is a kind of...):

sex crime; sex offense; sexual abuse; sexual assault (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rape"):

date rape (rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together))

carnal abuse; statutory rape (sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly))

Derivation:

rape (force (someone) to have sex against their will)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of despoiling a country in warfare

Synonyms:

rape; rapine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rape" is a kind of...):

pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

Derivation:

rape (destroy and strip of its possession)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

Synonyms:

Brassica napus; colza; rape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rape" is a kind of...):

mustard (any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica)

Meronyms (substance of "rape"):

rapeseed (seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil)

Holonyms ("rape" is a member of...):

Brassica; genus Brassica (mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy and strip of its possession

Example:

The soldiers raped the beautiful country

Synonyms:

despoil; plunder; rape; spoil; violate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rape" is one way to...):

destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rape (the act of despoiling a country in warfare)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Force (someone) to have sex against their will

Example:

The woman was raped on her way home at night

Synonyms:

assault; dishonor; dishonour; outrage; rape; ravish; violate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rape" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rape"):

gang-rape (rape (someone) successively with several attackers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to rape the prisoners

Derivation:

rape (the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will)

raper (someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse)

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