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What does rape mean?

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Noun
  1. (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. [from early 14th c.]
  2. (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
  3. (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
  4. (slang) Overpowerment; utter defeat.
Verb
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.) [from late 14th c.]
  2. (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil. [from 17th c.]
  3. (Internet) To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce. [from 20th c.]
Verb
  1. (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry. [14th-16th c.]
Noun
  1. (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course. [14th-17th c.]
Adverb
  1. (obsolete) Quickly; hastily. [14th-19th c.]
Noun
  1. Rapeseed, Brassica napus. [late 14th c.]
Noun
  1. The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
  2. A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.
  3. (obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.
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