Definition of "raptured" [raptured]

• Simple past tense and past participle of rapture. (verb)

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• "So long as AIPAC and the right wing fundies who are praying for an Aramgeddon in the ME to happen so that they can get "raptured" are more powerful that we progressives ...... the current tragectory ain't likely to change."
• "It gains crucial electoral support from a religious constituency whose grip on reality is so tenuous that they expect to be 'raptured' up to heaven, leaving their clothes as empty as their minds."
• "Many within power circles in the US don't necessarily fear such a scenario, because they believe that a Middle East nuclear Armageddon will be preceded by the Second Coming and their being 'raptured' up to heaven."