1
as in to break
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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as in to desecrate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses
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Recent Examples of violate
If a manager violates this requirement, the association may terminate the management contract.
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Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Each of the four firms filed lawsuits arguing the orders violated the Constitution, and four different judges have skipped trials and ruled in their favor.
—Melissa Quinn
june 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Earlier, plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were also found to violate the rules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
In 2024, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) reported that SpaceX had violated the Clean Water Act after releasing pollutants into nearby body of waters, according to CNBC.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 June 2025
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Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Each of the four firms filed lawsuits arguing the orders violated the Constitution, and four different judges have skipped trials and ruled in their favor.
—Melissa Quinn
june 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Earlier, plans to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were also found to violate the rules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
In 2024, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) reported that SpaceX had violated the Clean Water Act after releasing pollutants into nearby body of waters, according to CNBC.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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He was later fired for misconduct stemming from the case and broke his silence in a series of interviews after Read's verdict was announced, after he was not invited to take the stand in her second trial.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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The idea was that a group of military commandos would break quarantine and try to get to the place where the virus had originated, in order to find a cure.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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After unknowingly desecrating a sacred burial ground, 17-year-old Dashon Wallace (McLaughlin) and his family become targets of the Mbirwi, an ancient spirit summoned to protect the local community from the invasion of foreigners.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Read More: The Battle for Our Memory Is the Battle for Our Country But debasing our history through censorship and ideological cherry-picking insults the memory of the nine saints who were murdered at Mother Emanuel, desecrating its sacred space all over again.—
Kevin Sack,
Time,
3 June 2025
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The 84-year-old woman told officers a man, later identified as Pape Tall of Long Beach, grabbed her from behind and pulled her into an alley before trying to rape her, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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Men such as the Green River Killer, the Happy Face Killer, and the I-5 Killer operated mainly in Washington and Oregon, burglarizing homes, menacing hitchhikers, raping co-eds, and dumping bodies.—
Sarah Weinman,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2025
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Still, some have breached defenses, striking urban areas, military bases, and key infrastructure, showing the limits of even advanced systems.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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And that principle is increasingly being breached in major global conflicts today.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Kanye West fired multiple PR firms before his antisemitic meltdowns destroyed billion-dollar partnerships with Adidas and Gap.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Indeterminate numbers of casualties have occurred in both Iran and Israel, though Israel's intentions to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities may require U.S. artillery aid in the form of multi-ton bunker buster bombs.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Rihanna's has been candid about her relationship with her father over the years, and spoke out against her father after she was assaulted by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009 and Fenty reportedly spoke to the press about the incident without his daughter's consent.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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According to Dominguez, Smith physically assaulted Turner and pulled out some of her hair.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Without hesitation, Meghan challenged every guest whose conversation contravened her values.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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In his speech before Congress, which was delivered in 2015, the pope urged a welcoming hand to refugees, not rejection, a theme that contravenes today’s Trump Administration policy of blocking newcomers at U.S. borders.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2025
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Paintings whose reverence for Indigenous people had once shocked were now held in contempt, viewed as defiling those same people.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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The sacred plant, long defiled, heralded, as in the time of the Inca and all the ancient civilizations of the Andes, as a gift of the gods.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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