n. 25B6; noun
he was charged with rape : SEXUAL ASSAULT, sexual abuse; archaic ravishment, defilement.
the rape of rainforest : DESTRUCTION, violation, ravaging, pillaging, plundering, desecration, defilement, sacking, sack.
25B6; verb
he raped her at knifepoint : SEXUALLY ASSAULT, sexually abuse, violate, force oneself on; poetic/literary ravish; archaic defile.
they raped our country : RAVAGE, violate, desecrate, defile, plunder, pillage, despoil; lay waste, ransack, sack.