Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do violence to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.74 in modern English

Syllables
do vi-o-lence -to
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gravely harm.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

does violence to (present, singular) doing violence to (participle, present) did violence to (past) done violence to (participle, past)

Synonyms

damage wound abuse annoy bewound damnify dere do damage to do for do ill do violence to forwork

Questions

What does do violence to mean?
To gravely harm.

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