| VERB | social | ravish, rape, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage | force (someone) to have sex against their will |
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| emotion | ravish, enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, enthral, delight | hold spellbound |
| Meaning | Force (someone) to have sex against their will. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to ravish the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | rape, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage | |
| Narrower | gang-rape | rape (someone) successively with several attackers |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Spanish | indignar, violar | |
| Catalan | forçar, indignar, violar | |
| Nouns | ravisher | someone who assaults others sexually |
| ravishment | the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will | |
| Meaning | hold spellbound. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will ravish her | |
| Synonyms | enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, enthral, delight | |
| Broader | please, delight | Give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
| Opposite | disenchant, disillusion | Free from enchantment |
| Spanish | arrebatar, arrobar, cautivar, deleitar, disfrutar, embelesar, embelezar, enajenar, encantar, fascinar, raptar, transportar | |
| Catalan | arrabassar, captivar, disfrutar, embadalir, embaladir, encantar, encisar, fascinar | |
| Nouns | ravishment | a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment |
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