Synonyms for rape
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1. rape, colza, Brassica napus(noun)

   Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

   Synonyms:
   colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

2. rape, rapine(noun)

   the act of despoiling a country in warfare

   Synonyms:
   colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

3. rape, violation, assault, ravishment(verb)

   the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

   Synonyms:
   ravishment, violation, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, infraction, rapine, assault, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, colza, trespass, entrancement, encroachment

4. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage(verb)

   force (someone) to have sex against their will

   "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

   Synonyms:
   snipe, delight, set on, ravish, dishonour, scandalise, offend, enthrall, profane, scandalize, disgrace, plunder, desecrate, lash out, transgress, shame, assail, enthral, round, appal, attack, enrapture, despoil, dishonor, transport, breach, attaint, violate, infract, shock, outrage, appall, assault, break, enchant, go against, spoil

5. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder(verb)

   destroy and strip of its possession

   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, foray, bilk, dishonour, itch, bungle, rifle, ravish, muck up, dishonor, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pillage, transgress, fumble, vitiate, flub, baby, impair, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, loot, break, desecrate, despoil, bodge, mess up, sack, deflower, offend, thwart, louse up, breach, go against, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, infract, strip, outrage, cocker, foul up, ransack, cross, fluff, assault, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, reave, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bollocks

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. rape(n.)

   Synonyms:
   violation, defloration, constupration, ravishment, defilement, carnal knowledge of a woman (forcibly and against her will)

2. rape(n.)

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) navew, french turnip (Brassica napus)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. rape(n)

   Synonyms:
   constupration, defloration, ravishment, violation

2. rape(v)

   Synonyms:
   ravish, constuprate, violate, deflower

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1. List of paraphrases for "rape":

   violation, rapes, violations, rapeseed, breach, colza, violate, infringement

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How to use rape in a sentence?

1. Amanda Knox:

   The fact that I was accused of orchestrating a rape game — it was so absurd.

2. John Doe:

   I don't think the school has any place adjudicating things like rape, they don't do it with murder or kidnap, so why are they doing it with something just as hard to evaluate?

3. Laura Hawks:

   Experiencing rape at first sexual encounter is an extreme loss of autonomy over ones sexuality.

4. Andrea Dworkin:

   Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to buy a bottle of wine.

5. Rob Williams:

   DFID does not even count how much of our overseas aid budget is spent on keeping them safe from rape and recruitment into armed forces, or making sure that they can learn to at least read and write, the result is that even in the relative stability of refugee camps in Jordan, less than half of Syrian refugee children get an hour or two of schooling per day. The failure to protect and educate children fleeing conflict undermines the value of the rest of our aid efforts.

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