ravish

• Of ravish, Peters writes, "the two kinds of meaning have their respective clichés in ravished virgins and ravished audiences, which are symptomatic of the fact that the word is usually either euphemistic or hyperbolic."
• Despite the corpus-based approach, very few examples of use are typically given and though the author occasionally lets her voice shine through (as in ravish, above) these entertaining bits are not the norm.
• Never was the word ravish mentioned in the conversation. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
• The whole ravish-the-virgin thing did affect the tone of the movie, but only mildly, and only for the audience. —  FlickFilosopher.com
• Then was the secret gate So often sought in vain, found by the aid A virgin lent to trace the winding clue Instant for Dias, Theseus loos'd his sails With Minos' ravish'd daughter: on that shore Cruel! —  The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I ; II

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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