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Noun rape has 3 senses
- rape, colza, Brassica napus - Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
--1 is a kind of mustard
--1 is a member of Brassica, genus Brassica
--1 has substances: rapeseed
- rape, rapine - the act of despoiling a country in warfare
--2 is a kind of plundering, pillage, pillaging
- rape, violation, assault, ravishment - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
--3 is a kind of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
--3 has particulars: date rape; statutory rape, carnal abuse
Verb rape has 2 senses
- rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
--1 is one way to assail, assault, set on, attack
Sample sentence:
They want to rape the prisoners
- rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
--2 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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