do violence to
English
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)
- To gravely harm.
- Synonyms: damage, wound; see also Thesaurus:harm
Further reading
- “do violence to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “do violence to”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “do violence to” in the Collins English Dictionary
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