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violate
Synonyms and Antonyms of violate
1
to fail to keep
defer (to), serve, submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to)
attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch
2
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctify
befoul, contaminate, foul, poison, pollute, soil, sully, taint
affront, defame, insult, offend, outrage
annihilate, crush, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, waste, wreck
despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack, spoil, strip
3
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
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