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does violence to

does violence to is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about does violence to

What is does violence to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does violence to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do violence to.

Words near does violence to in the dictionary

  1. does this train stop at
  2. does time
  3. does tricks on it
  4. does unto others
  5. does up
  6. does violence to
  7. does well
  8. does well by doing good
  9. does well for oneself
  10. does with mirrors
  11. does without

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