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rape

noun

1 the man was charged with rape:

sexual assault, sexual abuse;

date rape, gang rape, acquaintance rape;

informal gang bang;

archaic a fate worse than death, ravishment, defilement.

2 people everywhere decry the rape of rainforest:

destruction, violation, vandalizing, ravaging, pillaging;

plundering, raiding, desecration, defilement;

marauding, ransacking, sacking, sack;

literary despoilment, rapine;

rare despoliation, spoliation.

3 archaic the rape of the Sabine women:

abduction, carrying off, kidnapping, seizure, capture.

verb

1 he raped her at knifepoint:

sexually assault, violate, force oneself on, abuse sexually;

date-rape, gang-rape;

informal gang-bang;

euphemistic have one's (evil) way with;

archaic ravish, defile, dishonour.

2 they raped our country:

ravage, plunder, pillage, violate, desecrate, defile;

lay waste, ransack, sack;

maraud over, raid;

literary despoil;

archaic spoil, reave;

rare depredate, spoliate.

3 archaic the Romans raped the Sabine women:

abduct, carry off, kidnap, seize, capture, make off with.

rape (1) Oxford Dictionary of English