what does violate mean?
VIOLATE as VERB
- Meaning
Usage Example(s)
- Don”t violate my garden
- violate my privacy
Hypernyms(s) violate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- destroy and strip of its possession
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Usage Example(s)
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Hypernyms(s) violate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- act in disregard of laws and rules
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
Hypernyms(s) violate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- force (someone) to have sex against their will
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- The woman was raped on her way home at night
Hypernyms(s) violate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- violate the sacred character of a place or language
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Usage Example(s)
- desecrate a cemetary
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
Hypernyms(s) violate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- fail to agree with
- be in violation of
- as of rules or patterns
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Usage Example(s)
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
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