VIOLATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • destroy
    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
  2. Meaning
    • destroy and strip of its possession
    Synonym(s) 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)
  3. 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 Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. 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 Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • violate the sacred character of a place or language
    Synonym(s) 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)
  6. Meaning
    • fail to agree with
    • be in violation of
    • as of rules or patterns
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • This sentence violates the rules of syntax
    Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)