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outrage

out·rage [ ówt ràyj ]


noun  (plural out·rag·es)
Definition:
 
1. violent act: an extremely violent or cruel act

2. offensive act: a very offensive or insulting act

3. fury: intense anger and indignation aroused by a violent or offensive act



transitive verb  (past and past participle out·raged, present participle out·rag·ing, 3rd person present singular out·rag·es)
Definition:
 
1. arouse anger in somebody: to make somebody feel intense anger or indignation

2. violate: to commit a flagrant violation or infringement of something

3. crime  ( archaic )
Same as  rape1v (sense 1)


[13th century. Via French, "excess, atrocity" < Old French outrer "exceed" < Latin ultra "beyond"]
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