Definition for Rapine:

• the act of despoiling a country in warfare

Synonyms for Rapine:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • rapine.
  •carnage (noun)
  • shambles,
  • slayings,
  • havoc,
  • taking out,
  • search and destroy,
  • blood and guts,
  • hecatomb,
  • killing,
  • offing,
  • blood bath.
  •depredation (noun)
  • spoliation,
  • spoliations,
  • sackings,
  • laying waste.
  •outrage (noun)
  • in-jury,
  • out-rage,
  • in juries,
  • in dignities,
  • out-rages,
  • out rages,
  • in jury,
  • in-dignities,
  • mis-doings,
  • out rage,
  • mis doing,
  • in humanities,
  • mis chiefs,
  • mis-doing,
  • mis doings,
  • in-humanity,
  • mis chief,
  • ravishings,
  • in-humanities,
  • in humanity.
  •piracy (noun)
  • buccaneerings,
  • piratings,
  • commandeerings,
  • swashbucklings,
  • bootleggings,
  • freebootings.
  •plunder (noun)
  • hot good,
  • plunderages.
  •rape (noun)
  • molestations,
  • criminal attack,
  • statutory offense,
  • plunderings,
  • molestation,
  • forcible violation.
  •rapids (noun)
  • whitewaters.
  •violation (noun)
  • de-basements,
  • mis treatment,
  • defacings,
  • de gradation,
  • de gradations,
  • de-gradation,
  • de-gradations,
  • mis treatments,
  • ravishments,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis honors,
  • dis honor,
  • de facing,
  • de-facings,
  • mis-treatment,
  • mis-treatments,
  • de-facing,
  • de basement,
  • de-basement,
  • dis-honor,
  • de basements,
  • de facings.

• v.

  •despoil (verb)
  • seize.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • destruction,
  • violate,
  • despoilment,
  • assault,
  • destroy,
  • Sackage,
  • pull,
  • capture,
  • ravish,
  • ravaging,
  • Brassica Napus,
  • robbery,
  • sack,
  • demolition,
  • enrapture,
  • vandalization,
  • deflower,
  • spoilation,
  • flay,
  • attack,
  • rend,
  • ruin,
  • foray,
  • excoriate,
  • ravage,
  • banditry,
  • prey,
  • Direption,
  • raid,
  • cleave,
  • divide,
  • sacking,
  • ransacking,
  • defilement,
  • desecrate,
  • despoliation,
  • rapacity,
  • colza,
  • theft,
  • catch,
  • captivate,
  • booty,
  • loot,
  • vandalizing,
  • stripping,
  • enthrall,
  • Levelling,
  • despoil,
  • blackmail,
  • Ravin,
  • looting,
  • storm,
  • Brigandage,
  • vandalism,
  • marauding,
  • lacerate,
  • razing,
  • pare,
  • enamour,
  • enchant,
  • Razzia,
  • infuriate,
  • larceny,
  • break,
  • aggression.

Rapine Sentence Examples:

• Again he left the state, and during his absence it is supposed he was engaged in nefarious practices with the notorious Murrel, who carried rapine and death into the unoffending villages of the far west.

• Ten thousand Spaniards still surrounded the walls, and at any moment might break in, and massacre and rapine would sweep over her native city.

Homophones for Rapine:

• reuben, ruffian, rope in, ravenna, raven, robin, rpm, repine, reopen, refine, ripen, robinia, ribbony, rivina, revenue, ravine, riffian, ribbon.

Hyponym for Rapine:

• n.

  • act
    pillage, plundering, pillaging.