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violate
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violate
v.
transgress, break (a law); desecrate; attack or disturb violently; rape
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Violation
Violation or violations may refer to:
- Violation (album), a 1977 album by American hard rock band Starz
- Violation (basketball), the most minor class of an illegal action in basketball
- Violations (Star Trek: The Next Generation), an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Bipolar violation, when two pulses of the same polarity occur without an intervening pulse of the opposite polarity in telecommunications
- Building violation, when a hazardous or non-hazardous condition occurs in a real estate property, without a permit, issued by a municipal agency, such as a Department of Buildings
- Storage violation, when a task modifies or attempts to modify computer storage that it does not own
- Desecration, the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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violate
Verb
1. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
(synonym) go against, break
(antonym) conform to
(hyponym) fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of
(derivation) violation, infringement
2. act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"
(synonym) transgress, offend, infract, go against, breach, break
(hypernym) disrespect
(hyponym) sin, transgress, trespass
(derivation) violator, lawbreaker, law offender
3. destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"
(hypernym) touch, disturb
4. violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
(synonym) desecrate, profane, outrage
(hypernym) assail, assault, set on, attack
(derivation) irreverence, violation
5. force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
(synonym) rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
(hypernym) assail, assault, set on, attack
(hyponym) gang-rape
(derivation) rape, violation, assault, ravishment
6. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
(synonym) rape, spoil, despoil, plunder
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
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violare
v.
violate, infringe, break, outrage, defile
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violar
v.
violate, transgress, break (a law); desecrate; attack or disturb violently; rape
