violate
vio
ˈvaÉĒə
vaiē
late
ˌleÉĒt
leit
/ˈvaÉĒəˌleÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "violate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disobey or break a regulation, an agreement, etc.
Transitive: to violate a regulation
to violate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Individuals who violate traffic laws risk fines and penalties.
āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āφāχāύ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāϞāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to not respect someone's rights, privacy, or peace
Transitive: to violate a right
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company was accused of violating employee rights with unfair practices.
āĻ…āύ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to destroy or severely damage something
Transitive: to violate sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fire violated the forest, reducing centuries-old trees to ash.
āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻŦāύ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧌āύ āύāĻŋāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to sexually assault or abuse someone without their consent
Transitive: to violate sb
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The defendant was charged with violating the victim in a public park.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϧāĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to treat something sacred with disrespect or irreverence
Transitive: to violate something sacred
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The protestors were criticized for violating the sacred memorial with their graffiti.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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