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rape

/ˈɹeɪ̯p/ noun B2
  1. 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, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Overpowerment; utter defeat. (countable, slang, uncountable)
  3. An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards. (countable, slang, uncountable) · The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.

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