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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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ravished

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adjective

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Verb
  • However, a Minnesota court struck down the binary trigger ban, arguing that the legislature violated the state constitution’s single-subject clause by burying the ban inside a sprawling spending bill.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And Congress is unlikely to grant him new tariff powers after the courts just ruled that doing so unilaterally violated the separation of powers.
    Brett Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wilson has been delighted at the response her video has gotten.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Business interests were delighted by the bill’s defeat.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Mace has said previously on the House floor that she has been drugged and raped.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kendra also claimed that her actions stemmed from past trauma, including being raped at 17.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • To remedy this loss, the Black Bear Restoration Program, operating from 1958 to 1968, transported a few hundred bears from Minnesota and Manitoba to the Ozarks.
    Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Following the stingray attack, Irwin was transported by boat to the Low Isles, about nine miles from the mainland, where he was pronounced dead by medics.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His albums are ecstatic and beautiful, but most listeners probably only know about his glorious work for the Impulse!
    Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • While Powell’s remarks signaled concerns about a slowing labor market, investors and traders have been ecstatic about the potential for lower borrowing costs.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One of the women estimated that the singer assaulted her at least 23 times during her six years of employment at the musician's home.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In 2020, Ellis claimed that the Grammy winner assaulted her outside of a Beverly Hills medical office in February 2018.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Magnitude had descended in the track’s estimation from the 2-1 morning line by post time to go off at 7-2, but Bracket Buster, who went off at 17-1 to place, pleased his trainer Victoria Oliver by stepping smartly out of the pack to challenge Sovereignty briefly at the top of the stretch.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • His effort to schmaltz Putin with a display of royal pageantry obviously pleased this murderous dictator to no end.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab, a Gaza drama from filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, receives a rapturous reception here after its world premiere here at the Venice Film Festival, receiving a 21-minute standing ovation, the longest at the 82nd festival.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • At Tuesday afternoon’s press conference, Bigelow was greeted with rapturous applause, much to her delight.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Ravished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravished. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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