violate
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(verb) harm or destroy; "Don't violate my garden" |
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Related Words: disturb, touch |
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(verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife"; "You are breaking the law!" |
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Synonyms: break, go against |
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Antonyms: conform to |
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(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
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Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape |
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Related Words: destroy, ruin |
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(verb) assault sexually; force to have sex |
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Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish |
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Related Words: assail, assault, attack, set on |
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(verb) act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" |
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Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress |
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Related Words: blunder, boob, conflict, contravene, disrespect, goof, infringe, intrude, run afoul, sin, trespass |
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(verb) violate the sacred character of a place, such as a graveyard |
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Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane |
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Related Words: assail, assault, attack, set on |
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