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Antonyms for rape
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  1. rape, colza, Brassica napusnoun

    Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

    Synonyms:
    colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

  2. rape, rapinenoun

    the act of despoiling a country in warfare

    Synonyms:
    colza, violation, ravishment, rapine, assault

  3. rape, violation, assault, ravishmentverb

    the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

    Synonyms:
    ravishment, violation, misdemeanor, irreverence, usurpation, infraction, rapine, assault, intrusion, infringement, misdemeanour, colza, trespass, entrancement, encroachment

  4. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrageverb

    force (someone) to have sex against their will

    "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

    Synonyms:
    snipe, delight, set on, ravish, dishonour, scandalise, offend, enthrall, profane, scandalize, disgrace, plunder, desecrate, lash out, transgress, shame, assail, enthral, round, appal, attack, enrapture, despoil, dishonor, transport, breach, attaint, violate, infract, shock, outrage, appall, assault, break, enchant, go against, spoil

  5. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunderverb

    destroy and strip of its possession

    "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

    Synonyms:
    baffle, pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, foray, bilk, dishonour, itch, bungle, rifle, ravish, muck up, dishonor, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pillage, transgress, fumble, vitiate, flub, baby, impair, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, loot, break, desecrate, despoil, bodge, mess up, sack, deflower, offend, thwart, louse up, breach, go against, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, infract, strip, outrage, cocker, foul up, ransack, cross, fluff, assault, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, reave, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bollocks

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  1. rapenoun

    Synonyms:
    constupration, defloration, ravishment, violation

  2. rapeverb

    Synonyms:
    ravish, constuprate, violate, deflower

How to use rape in a sentence?

  1. Koichi Nakano:

    (Comfort women) have gone through tremendous trauma. And in a way, the Japanese government risks a second rape by discrediting their testimonies and treating (their experiences) as if they were lies.

  2. Stacy Malone:

    When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence.

  3. Shadi Sadr:

    According to evidence gathered by counsel, 160 [people] stand accused of crimes against humanity, including murder, torture and rape, among them, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, current president Ebrahim Raisi and former president Hassan Rouhani.

  4. Bev Penfield:

    Respect women, rape is no joke.

  5. Matt Damon:

    We’re going to have to figure — you know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right ? both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they should n’t be conflated, right ?

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