verb
- Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns.
- usage: "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
- synonyms: go against, break
- Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
- usage: "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
- synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, go against, breach, break
- Destroy.
- usage: "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"
- Violate the sacred character of a place or language.
- usage: "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
- Force (someone) to have sex against their will.
- usage: "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
- Destroy and strip of its possession.
- usage: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
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