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DEFLOWER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make imperfect

Example:

nothing marred her beauty

Synonyms:

deflower; impair; mar; spoil; vitiate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deflower" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deflower"):

cloud; corrupt; defile; sully; taint (place under suspicion or cast doubt upon)

blemish; deface; disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

defloration (an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deprive of virginity

Example:

This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village

Synonyms:

deflower; ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "deflower" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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)

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