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did violence to

did violence to is the simple past of do violence to.

Meaning of do violence to

Verb

do violence to (third-person singular simple present does violence to, present participle doing violence to, simple past did violence to, past participle done violence to)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    damage, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill

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What is did violence to the simple past of?
Did violence to is the simple past of do violence to.

Words near did violence to in the dictionary

  1. did the washing-up
  2. did time
  3. did tricks on it
  4. did unto others
  5. did up
  6. did violence to
  7. did well
  8. did well by doing good
  9. did well for oneself
  10. did with mirrors
  11. did without

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