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violate
verb
1 violate
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns:
— This sentence violates the rules of syntax.
synonyms: break, go against.
Roget 925:
be undue
etc.
adj.;
not be due
etc.
924.
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
etc.
(be lax)
738;
misbehave
etc.
(vice)
945;
misbecome†.
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Roget 742:
disobey,
violate,
infringe;
shirk;
set at defiance
etc.
(defy)
715;
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
etc.
(resist)
719;
rise,
rise in arms;
secede;
mutiny,
rebel.
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Roget 961:
be impure
etc.
adj.;
intrigue;
debauch,
defile,
seduce;
prostitute;
abuse,
violate,
deflower;
commit adultery
etc.
n..
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2 violate
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises:
— Violate the basic laws or human civilization.
synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress.
Roget 927:
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
etc.
(disapprobation)
932.
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Roget 773:
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
etc.
(wipe off)
552.
retract,
go back from,
be off,
forfeit,
go from one's word,
palter;
stretch a point,
strain a point.
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Dutch: misdoen, schenden, verbreken
3 violate
4 violate
Violate the sacred character of a place or language:
— Violate the sanctity of the church.
synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane.
Dutch: ontwijden
5 violate
6 violate
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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