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ravished

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verb

past tense of ravish
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as in violated
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent invaders guilty of murdering and ravishing villagers

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Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Months later, the Department of Justice concluded that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the commission, by approving the plans, has violated their fundamental rights.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In the show, Kristine sees Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid) as her next project, and her husband, Michael (Mark Duplass), is ecstatic to finally have a daughter.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Riley is ecstatic and calls her mom Rachel (Alison Pill) for permission, who agrees to invite the artist over.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The jury did not find, however, that Carroll was raped.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The woman, who filed her lawsuit under the name Jane Doe, alleged she was raped after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty 24 years ago.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The bicyclist was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center with critical injuries, and has since died, the report stated.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The unidentified victim was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries to the chest and hand, Josef said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • One of the officers who was assaulted was Brian Sicknick.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • On June 16, 1952, Corporal Fred McGee’s unit assaulted fortified enemy positions near Tang-Wan-Ni Korea.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
  • Their personal connection blossoms out into a quietly exultant scene with the rest of the cast and the crew, a symbolic utopia of shared purpose.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Kenneth Branagh’s vivacious and clever Cinderella (2015), Bill Condon’s joyous, gonzo Beauty and the Beast (2017), Rob Marshall’s practically perfect Mary Poppins Returns (2018): all of these films stand proudly on the shoulders of their predecessors rather than noisily trying to improve upon them.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • While the couple has shared an abundance of joyous moments over the course of their 16 years together, in recent years Emma has been open about their family's journey in navigating Bruce's diagnosis of aphasia that has since progressed into frontotemporal dementia.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That sleight of hand may have delighted shareholders, but was a major loss for music creators.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The couple are delighted with the news and are very much looking forward to starting a family together.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Ravished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravished. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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