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rape
A	noun
	1	rape, violation, assault, ravishment
				the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚transgression; evildoing ╚crime; law-breaking ╚statutory offense; statutory offence; regulatory offense; regulatory offence ╚sexual assault; sexual abuse; sex crime; sex offense ╚rape, violation, assault, ravishment ╚statutory rape; carnal abuse ╚date rape
	2	rape, rapine
				the act of despoiling a country in warfare
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚aggression; hostility ╚plundering; pillage; pillaging ╚rape, rapine
	3	rape, colza, Brassica napus
				Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚plant; flora; plant life ╚vascular plant; tracheophyte ╚herb; herbaceous plant ╚crucifer; cruciferous plant ╚mustard ╚rape, colza, Brassica napus
B	verb
	1	rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
				destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
		Category Tree: destroy; ruin ╚rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
	2	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"
		Category Tree: assail; assault; set on; attack ╚rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage ╚gang-rape

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