raped

9.4

Severely damaged or destroyed by people using force

adjective
/reɪpt/

Offensive

: arrasado (arcaico, formal)

The once beautiful forest was raped by illegal logging activities that destroyed the habitat.

The trees were raped only several times before leaving the vaginas we're seen standing in the stones.

Examples

The ancient ruins were left raped after years of neglect and vandalism.
After the storm, the coastline appeared raped, with houses washed away and trees uprooted.
Given the choice between a raped or beaten victim and a dead thug, I'll take the dead thug any day.

Synonyms

pillaged

vsraped

7.2

Robbed and badly damaged during war or fighting

is wider covering violent theft and exploitative destruction

sacked

vsraped

7.8

A place that soldiers steal from and destroy during an attack

is similar but also includes nonmilitary exploitative damage

plundered

vsraped

6.1

Robbed and emptied of things during war or chaos

focuses more on theft than on physical destruction

despoiled

vsraped

8.7

Something that has had valuable things taken by force

emphasizes loss of valuables rather than structural damage

ransacked

vsraped

6.0

A place where people searched everywhere and stole valuable things

focuses on searching and theft over widespread destruction

looted

vsraped

5.3

A place that had things stolen during a riot or war

centres on taking valuables rather than extensive physical damage

ravaged

vsraped

5.9

Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster

emphasizes violent destruction rather than theft or stripping of valuables

How Damaged

left in ruins

2 5.3

raped

Offensive

9.4

damaged

1 1.1

intact

304 3.7

Surface Forms

raped positive

Morphology

raped = rape (opaque) = rape + ed

The word 'raped' is derived from 'rape' + 'ed', but the adjective sense of 'violently robbed or destroyed' is not a standard grammatical derivation for all learners.

Etymology

Raped comes from the Latin verb rapere, which means 'to seize' or 'to take by force'. Think of raptor, a bird of prey that seizes its food, so raped can describe a place that was violently taken, robbed, or badly damaged.