rapture

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Synonyms: rupture, capture, rature

Antonyms: rupture, capture, rature

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Extreme [[pleasure]], [[happiness]] or [[excitement]].
2. {{lb|en|Christianity|with|'''the'''}} {{alt case form of|en|Rapture}}.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of [[kidnap|kidnapping]] or [[abduct|abducting]], especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[rape|Rape]]; [[ravishment]]; [[sexual]] [[violation]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
6. A [[spasm]]; a [[fit]]; a [[syncope]]; [[delirium]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|dated|transitive}} To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
2. {{lb|en|dated|intransitive}} To experience great happiness or excitement.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To take (someone) off the [[Earth]] and [[bring]] (them) to [[Heaven]] as part of the {{w|Rapture}}.
4. {{lb|en|rare|intransitive}} To take part in the [[w:Rapture|Rapture]]; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the [[w:Rapture|Rapture]].
5. {{lb|en|uncommon}} To [[state]] (something, transitive) or [[talk]] (intransitive) [[rapturously]].

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|Christianity}} In some forms of fundamentalist [[Protestant]] [[eschatology]], a [[prophesied]] sudden removal of [[Christian]] believers from the Earth before the [[Tribulation]] or [[simultaneous]] with the [[second coming]] of [[Jesus Christ]].

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