do violence
Example Sentences
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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
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
The other was to explain to the justices how enforcement of the law can do violence to the First Amendment.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2014
To account for such experiences simply in terms of half-submerged "sensations" and "images" is to do violence to all the requirements for clear thinking.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
