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UK
/ɹˈeɪp/
]
[ US /ˈɹeɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪp/ ]
VERB
-
destroy and strip of its possession
The soldiers raped the beautiful country -
force (someone) to have sex against their will
The woman was raped on her way home at night
NOUN
- the act of despoiling a country in warfare
- Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
How To Use rape In A Sentence
- Statutory rape laws were first enacted to protect minors from older predators.
- In Katine sub-county we hear about rape, defilement and child abuse, mostly of girls.
- One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
- Every time I can scrape a few quid together, I smack 'em straight into the premium bonds.
- The center provides counseling service to victims who have been raped.
- However, the Seismosaurus fossil found with the most gastroliths held only 15 kg of stones, the largest no bigger than a grapefruit.
- Paul Temple pushes through a field of shoulder-high oilseed rape and twists one of the plants back to show me.
- Sémillon (also Muscadelle and Sauvignon Blanc) is the best grape for making botrytis-affected sweet wines.
- Murder, rape, road rage, dacoities and rampant acts of terrorism have become an everyday affair in all the provincial capitals including the federal capital. Whether A Dictator Or Democrat: Please Explain
- Since the anito is the cause of all bodily afflictions the chief function of the person who battles for the health of the afflicted is that of the exorcist, rather than that of the therapeutist. The Bontoc Igorot
