EGAVE

rape

About 8.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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 or perpetrated by any being. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun 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. (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
    The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
  3. noun Overpowerment; utter defeat.
  4. noun (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
    The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
  5. noun The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
    the Rape of Nanjing
  6. noun The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
  7. noun That which is snatched away.
  8. noun Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

Similar words

ravish rapine despoil plunder assault sexual assault ravishment violation violate outrage

Often followed by

of and is in victims or victim as crisis

Word family

raped raper rapers rapes raping

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