do violence to

phrase

: to harm or weaken (something) : to make (something) less effective

They want to make a movie from the book without doing violence to the simplicity of the original story.

Examples of do violence to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To quote a passage from this novel is to do violence to its tightly laced phrases of reconsideration. — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022

The City of Roses put it all on display on a recent Sunday in August, when the Proud Boys, an extremist group whose purpose, according to their founder, is to do violence to their political enemies, gathered in Northeast Portland. — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021

Rhymes for do violence to

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