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    [Noun]  | "rap*ture" | \ ˈrap-chər \


    1: an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion

    2: a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

    3: a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things

    Origin: 1594 ;

     {see: |rapt|rapt} + {see: |-ure|-ure}; (sense 3) probably after the use of rapere in the Vulgate (1 Thessalonians 4:17) to translate Greek harpázein "to take hold of, seize, snatch up";

    [Noun]  | "nitrogen narcosis" 


    1: a state of euphoria and confusion similar to that of alcohol intoxication which occurs when nitrogen in normal air enters the bloodstream at increased pressure (as in deep-water diving) —called also rapture of the deep

    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Verb]  | "rapture" 


    1: to fill with joy : enrapture

    2: to cause (a Christian believer) to be taken up into heaven during the end-time

    Origin: 1636 ;

     Derivative of {see: |rapture:1|rapture:1};

    [Noun phrase]  | "rapture of the deep" 


    1: nitrogen narcosis

    Origin: 1953 ;

     Probably translation of French ivresse des grandes profondeurs;

    [Noun]  | "rapture" 


    1: a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion;


      * e.g., " ... in The Nutcracker Clara gazes in rapture as the Christmas tree grows before her very eyes "




    [Verb]  | "rapture" 


    1: to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight);


      * e.g., " ... nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography "



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     [ "rapture" ]

    1: The epitome of sexual release, the most intense orgasm; ecstasy.

      * e.g.,  ... Katrina's husband Harold was like a rooster...on and off and snoring in three minutes. Katrina was left unsatisfied and pent up with lust and frustration. She had read about interracial couples and went searching for a black man. She found eleven inch Clarence at a bar and they went to a motel. Rapture was hers at last as Clarence took Katrina to heights she never imagined. 

     [ "rapture" ]

    1: When the leader of a remote virtual meeting (eg Zoom, Microsoft Teams) randomly moves particpants from one virutal meeting room to another virtual meeting room causing pariticpants to dissappear.

      * e.g.,  ... I started seeing the other particpants being raptured, when the Zoom meeting organizer began assigning people to other virtual rooms. 

     [ "rapture" ]

    1: near death experience; mocking the doomsday prediction of may 21, 2011

      * e.g.,  ... I had a total rapture the other day when I was almost hit by a car. 

     [ "rapture" ]

    1: A word used to define the legal party pills available over the counter in New Zealand. Rapture provides entertainment for australian tourists who amidst their travels define a rapture king and hail thee. Hail rapture.

      * e.g.,  ... We went to betty's liquor store and bought some rapture. Thank's betty, I love and miss you. 

     [ "Raptured" ]

    1: To be spiked/harassed at a club or bar

      * e.g.,  ... “Babe, I got Raptured at Rapture last night!” “Not again!” 

     [ "Rapture" ]

    1: A place where a man is entitled to the sweat of his own brow.

      * e.g.,  ... Welcome to Rapture. 

     [ "Rapture" ]

    1: The name of the 1981 #1 single by Blondie. The first rap song to hit #1 on the US Hot 100 and one of the first instances of white rap.

      * e.g.,  ... John: What’s your favorite song on ‘Autoamerican’? 

     [ "Rapture" ]

    1: When the meek shall inherit the earth, and the wicked will be no more.

      * e.g.,  ... That's OK, the fundies were planning on leaving any way. 

     [ "Rapture" ]

    1: The Christian belief that Jesus Christ is coming back to earth for the 2nd time, he will take those who obey and follow his words and leave sinners to suffer in earth then die and go to hell forever , the end of the world.

      * e.g.,  ... Rapture is coming soon 

     [ "Rapture" ]

    1: The feeling the rest of the world has when all the self-righteous, religious fundamentalists disappear off the face of the earth at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... "Holy shit, it's the Rapture! They're all gone! Let's party." 

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