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Meaning of do violence to | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To gravely harm.

Examples

“He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, "none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include" -[…].”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

do want do well do well by doing good do well for oneself do what one does do with