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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.
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See also

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

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