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  • verb Present participle of deflower.
  • noun The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

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Examples

  • I agree that Julie and Matt's romance is key to the show (though I winced at your choice of the word deflowering for their sweet campsite scene).

    Slate Magazine 2010

  • I use the word "deflowering," for Lisa had insisted she was a virgin.

    Betrayal 2010

  • In 2007, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals justified this old ruling, explaining that anything after the initial "deflowering" of a woman couldn't be rape because "the damage was done" to her virginity and she could never be "reflowered."

    What the Assange case says about rape in America Jessica Valenti 2010

  • (Just be thankful I didn't once make a "deflowering" pun.)

    Pretty, Fizzy Paradise 2009

  • "deflowering" will take place at a "secret warehouse" to be announced by e-mail.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNY LEE 2011

  • I know this is sort of a good moment, what with the successful deflowering and biting and all.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • I know this is sort of a good moment, what with the successful deflowering and biting and all.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • The pithy piece, "How Do I Even Begin to Explain This," is a modern day cautionary tale about a Stern College girl and her deflowering with a Yeshiva University boy with whom she has been having rendezvous.

    Shira Dicker: Hook Up vs. Shut Up: Yeshiva University’s Sex Story Controversy Shira Dicker 2011

  • It is extraordinary how many possible deflowering situations there are, including By Marimba Player, At Seance, On Cross-Country Bus, In Moroccan Palace, and many, many more.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • It is extraordinary how many possible deflowering situations there are, including By Marimba Player, At Seance, On Cross-Country Bus, In Moroccan Palace, and many, many more.

    Gorey Ways to Be Deflowered Heather McDougal 2009

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