deflower

deflower
    v 1: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered
         several young girls in the village" [syn: {deflower},
         {ruin}]
    2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar},
       {impair}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}]
    

deflower \de*flow"er\, v. t. [Previously also spelled
   {deflour}.] [imp. & p. p. {Deflowered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Deflowering}.] [F. d['e]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- +
   flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and cf. {Deflorate}.]
   1. To deprive of flowers.
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            An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --W.
                                                  Montagu.
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   2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the
      choicest ornament.
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   3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to
      ravish; also, to seduce.
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            If a man had deflowered a virgin.     --Milton.
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "deflower":
      abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, betray, canker,
      cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch,
      deceive, defile, deflorate, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave,
      depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devalue, devastate,
      devirginate, devour, distort, force, harry, havoc, infect,
      lead astray, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, poison, pollute,
      possess sexually, prostitute, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce,
      soil, spoil, sully, taint, take, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate,
      vulgarize, warp