> this kind of comment trivializes actual, no-kidding rape by comparing it to a low battery "Rape" originally meant and still means "plunder": > Origin: 1250–

> this kind of comment trivializes actual, no-kidding rape by comparing it to a low battery "Rape" originally meant and still means "plunder": > Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) Middle English rapen < Anglo-French raper < Latin rapere to seize, carry off by force, plunder; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rape http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rape Using it in this context is perhaps strong but definitely appropriate. Also, as kdommeyer noted, "kill" is commonly used in similar contexts (to kill an engine fe).