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Meaning of rape | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on, perpetrated by, or forced to penetrate any being. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. Overpowerment; utter defeat. (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards
  3. Overpowerment; utter defeat
  4. (Can we clean up this sense?) An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards
  5. The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder

Translations

Español violación

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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