| VERB | contact | deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | deflower, mar, impair, spoil, vitiate | make imperfect |
| Meaning | deprive of virginity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" | |
| Synonym | ruin | |
| Broader | copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | desflorar, desgraciar | |
| Nouns | defloration | the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse) |
| defloration | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something | |
| Meaning | make imperfect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mar, impair, spoil, vitiate | |
| Narrower | deface, disfigure, blemish | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | arruinar, desflorar, deteriorar, estropear, macular, manchar, viciar | |
| Catalan | deteriorar, espatllar, macular, tacar | |
| Nouns | defloration | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something |
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