Impress and Rape

Impress

Impress verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Rape and impress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rape" instead a verb "Impress".

Rape verb - To engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent.

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Impress and rape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impress" instead a verb "Rape".

girl	impress girl	rape girl
friend	impress friend	rape friend
man	impress man	rape man
guy	impress guy	rape guy
Other words: woman, people, girlfriend, boy, wife, interest, someone, father, anyone, everyone, son, sister, women, girls, boys.

In his efforts to amuse himself and impress a hot nurse, he chokes a boy almost to death, nearly gives him a concussion, and summons an attempted home intruder to rape the children's mother.

Source: Web Video / Best of the Worst
Evidently the latter is treated as bad, bad rape despite the fact that he's not trying to coerce her (he's just trying to impress her enough to want to go along with it voluntarily, and it fails completely because she doesn't understand what he wants and he's not spelling it out for her).

Source: Double Standard: Rape, Sci-Fi
Heart Is an Awesome Power: A spell that creates beautiful clothing may not seem very impressive, but it turns out it can be used to create Bedsheet Ladders, impress people, generate wealth, and even protect against attempted rape.

Source: Literature / Uprooted

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