rape vs ruin

rape

verb
  • To plunder, to destroy or despoil. 

  • To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce. 

  • To force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. 

  • To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct. 

  • To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.) 

noun
  • Overpowerment; utter defeat. 

  • Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus. 

  • A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc. 

  • The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking. 

  • 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; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. 

  • One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England. 

ruin

verb
  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

noun
  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

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