do violence to

verb

To gravely harm.

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Meanings

verbdo 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)

present singular third person does violence to · participle present doing violence to · past did violence to · participle past done violence to

  1. To gravely harm.

    He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, "none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include" -[…].

    2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48

    Synonyms: damage, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo gravely harm.

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APA

do violence to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20violence%20to

MLA

“do violence to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20violence%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do violence to,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20violence%20to.

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