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doing violence to

doing violence to is the present participle and gerund 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 doing violence to

What is doing violence to the present participle and gerund of?
Doing violence to is the present participle and gerund of do violence to.

Words near doing violence to in the dictionary

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

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