do violence
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As professors Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner observe, construing the word “whoever” to mean “whoever except the president” would do violence to the English language.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2024
To quote a passage from this novel is to do violence to its tightly laced phrases of reconsideration.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
But a panel of five judges on the Court of Final Appeal unanimously overturned both the conviction and sentence on Friday, saying such a wide interpretation "would do violence to the language".
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022
Hospital-based violence intervention can only succeed when it’s closely linked with organizations working to do violence interruption and street outreach.
From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2022
I have been six months in the village, and have never dared to question you about her; and to-night I have to do violence to my feelings even to speak of her.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
