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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb violate has 6 senses

• violate(v = verb.stative) break, go against - fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
Antonym: conform to
Derived forms adjective violable₁, noun violation₂, adjective violative₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• violate(v = verb.social) breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
is one way to disrespect
Derived forms adjective violable₁, adjective violative₁, noun violator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• violate(v = verb.contact) Array - destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"
is one way to disturb, touch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• violate(v = verb.social) desecrate, outrage, profane - violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
is one way to assail, assault, attack, set on
Derived forms noun violation₃, noun violation₄, adjective violative₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• violate(v = verb.social) assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
is one way to assail, assault, attack, set on
Derived forms noun violation₅, noun violator₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• violate(v = verb.contact) despoil, plunder, rape, spoil - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentence:
They want to violate the prisoners

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THESAURUS

violate

abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, assault, assault sexually, attack, barbarize, batter, befoul, betray, bewitch, blight, breach, breach the law, break, break the law, brutalize, burn, butcher, canker, care naught for, carry on, cheapen, circumvent the law, coarsen, commit a crime, condemn, confound, contaminate, contravene, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase, debauch, deceive, defalcate, defile, deflorate, deflower, defy, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, devirginate, disadvantage, dishonor, disobey, disobey the law, disregard, disregard the law, disserve, distort, distress, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embezzle, envenom, err, flout, force, foul, get into trouble, go counter to, go on, hammer, harass, harm, hex, hurt, ignore, impair, infect, infract, infringe, injure, jinx, lay waste, lead astray, loot, maladminister, maltreat, maul, menace, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mislead, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, molest, mug, not conform, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, offend, outrage, overpass, peculate, persecute, pervert, pilfer, pillage, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, possess sexually, prejudice, profane, prostitute, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rape, ravage, rave, ravish, refuse to cooperate, riot, roar, ruin, sack, savage, scathe, scoff at, seduce, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, sin, slaughter, soil, sow chaos, spoil, storm, sully, taint, take, tear, tear around, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, trespass, twist, ulcerate, vandalize, violate the law, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong

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violate

Disobedience

VB disobey, violate, infringe, shirk, set at defiance, set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of, take the law into one's own hands, kick over the traces, turn restive, run restive, champ the bit, strike, rise, rise in arms, secede, mutiny, rebel.

Nonobservance

VB fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore, shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to, infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through, discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void, cancel, retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter, stretch a point, strain a point.

Impurity

VB be impure, intrigue, debauch, defile, seduce, prostitute, abuse, violate, deflower, commit adultery.

Undueness

VB be undue, not be due, infringe, encroach, trench on, exact, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point, usurp, violate, do violence to, disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify, invalidate, relax, misbehave, misbecome.

Dereliction of Duty

VB violate, break, break through, infringe, set aside, set at naught, encroach upon, trench upon, trample on, trample under foot, slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate, wash one's hands of, escape, transgress, fail, call to account.

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