do violence to en · VERB
Meanings
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To gravely harm.
He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, "none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include" -[…].
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| did violence to | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| doing violence to | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| does violence to | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| done violence to | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
vulnerate · scaith · wet · misdo · harrow · forwork · grieve · do damage to · scathe · do ill · maul · bewound · do for · annoy · harm · mayhem · damage · injure · damage · dere · wound · wound · hurt · put someone in hospital · damnify · do violence to · abuse