|
|
- pronunciation:
- reIp
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the crime of forcing an unwilling or legally incompetent person to participate in sexual intercourse.
- synonyms:
- assault, attack, violation
- similar words:
- abuse, defilement, molestation, ravishment
|
| definition 2: |
destructive assault, as on a city, landscape, or the like.
- synonyms:
- attack, destruction, devastation, ruin
- similar words:
- assault, defilement, demolition, desecration, ravage, sack, wreckage
|
| related words: |
depredation, violence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rapes, raping, raped |
| definition 1: |
to force (an unwilling or legally incompetent person) to submit to sexual intercourse.
- synonyms:
- violate
- similar words:
- abuse, accost, assault, attack, defile, deflower, molest, ravish
|
| definition 2: |
to assault destructively.
- synonyms:
- destroy, devastate, ravage
- similar words:
- assault, demolish, desecrate, disturb, ravish, raze
|
| related words: |
assault, defile, harry |
|
|
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to commit an act or acts of raping.
- similar words:
- attack
|
|
|
| derivation: |
rapist (n.) |
|
|