rapine

[ UK /ɹˈæpa‍ɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of despoiling a country in warfare
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How To Use rapine In A Sentence

  • You see, he has learned a thing or two from my own back-stabbing acts of rapine ferocity, and doubtless he is applying it to his own affairs.
  • Some countries - notably South Africa - are loath to buy or distribute low-cost drugs, such as zidovudine and nevirapine, that have been shown to slash the risk of mother-to-child transmission through birth or breast-feeding by up to two-thirds. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • The harbour had to be cleared in advance of the resumption of sea-freight, and the Republique desperately needed the recycled steel after five years of Nazi rapine.
  • Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ program _pro'gram_, not _grum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_ Practical Grammar and Composition
  • Plunder and rapine made her rich, and her oppression of millions made her great.
  • Arab _Ar'ab_, not _arab_ arid _ar'id_ asphalt _asfalt_, not _fawlt_ bade _bad_ catch not _ketch_ defalcate _defal'kate_, not _fawl_ dilletante _dilletan'te_ forbade _forbad_ granary _granary_ program _pro'gram_, not _grum_ rapine _rap'in_ rational _rational_ sacrament _sacrament_ Practical Grammar and Composition
  • Among the most common antiviral medications are zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddI), saquinovir, ritonavir, nevirapine, and the newest, amprenavir. Getting Pregnant
  • The following medicines may need changes when taken with Kaletra: birth control pills that contain estrogen ( "the pill"), birth control (contraceptive) patches, atorvastatin (Lipitor®), rosuvastatin (Crestor®), efavirenz (Atripla® and Sustiva®), nevirapine (Viramune®), amprenavir (Agenerase®), fosamprenavir (Lexiva®), nelfinavir RedOrbit News - Technology
  • In July 2000, the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim offered to donate its drug nevirapine, which could prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child during labour.
  • And then embarked on a career of rapine in the women's quarters while Cazaril, helpless to stop him, watched. THE CURSE OF CHALION
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