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11violate — 01. If you [violate] your parole, you will be immediately re arrested. 02. Each side in the conflict accused the other of [violating] the ceasefire. 03. The U.S. has suspended all foreign aid to the country because of its history of human rights… …
12violate — I. transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin violatus, past participle of violare, from viol (as in violentus violent) Date: 15th century 1. break, disregard < violate the law > 2. to do harm to the person or… …
13violate — UK [ˈvaɪəleɪt] / US [ˈvaɪəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms violate : present tense I/you/we/they violate he/she/it violates present participle violating past tense violated past participle violated 1) to do something that is in opposition to a …
14violate — verb (T) 1 to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc: practices that violate health and safety regulations | The arrest and detention of the protestors violated their civil liberties. 2 formal to break open a… …
15violate — vi•o•late [[t]ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) law to break or infringe (a law, promise, instructions, etc.) 2) to disturb rudely: to violate someone s privacy[/ex] 3) cvb law to assault sexually, esp. to rape 4) to treat irreverently or …
16violate — verb ADVERB ▪ blatantly, flagrantly ▪ They have flagrantly violated the treaty. ▪ clearly ▪ Some companies have clearly violated the rules. ▪ …
17violate — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
18violate — vi|o|late [ˈvaıəleıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of violare] 1.) to disobey or do something against an official agreement, law, principle etc ▪ 34 protesters were arrested for violating criminal law. ▪ regimes that …
19violate — vi|o|late [ vaıə,leıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle, etc.: Companies that violate environmental laws will be heavily fined. Human rights are being violated every day in their prisons.… …
20violate — [15] Latin violāre ‘treat with violence’ was derived from the noun vīs ‘force, energy’ (whose accusative form, vim, is probably the source of English vim [19]). Its past participle gave English violate, while its present participle is ultimately… …
