"do violence to" meaning in English

See do violence to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does violence to [present, singular, third-person], doing violence to [participle, present], did violence to [past], done violence to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> violence to}} do 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)
  1. To gravely harm. Synonyms: damage, wound, harm
    Sense id: en-do_violence_to-en-verb-L0PjmLxg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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