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Meaning of Deflowering | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
dɪˈflaʊ(w)əɹɪŋ(ɡ)

Definitions

The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

Equivalents

العربية الإفتضاض
Deutsch Defloration

Examples

“Some adulterers are impelled by the cupidity of deflowering virgins, and thence also of deflowering young girls in their harmleſs age: […]”
“2005 Muhammad Khalid Masud et al - Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgements If a midwife testifies that the wound is old, then deflowering may have occurred prior to the husband's initial penetration of his wife.”

CEFR level

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