1
as in breaks
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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2
as in destroys
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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as in rapes
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
criminal statutes delineating acts that constitute violating another person
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Recent Examples of violates
The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in federal court on June 13, and were already engaged in a separate legal challenge in Pulaski County Circuit Court that claims the program violates the Arkansas Constitution.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2025
Storing fireworks in a residential neighborhood so close to a school violates a slew of state and federal fireworks regulations.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Any unofficial or decorative mark—including, of course, souvenir stamps—violates that rule and can render the document invalid.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The County Attorney's Office argues the law unconstitutionally violates the separation of powers and the Victims' Bill of Rights.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Voting on an appointment that does not exist and allowing Hagglund to vote on his successor violates the law.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Sotomayor said the method violates the Constitution’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in federal court on June 13, and were already engaged in a separate legal challenge in Pulaski County Circuit Court that claims the program violates the Arkansas Constitution.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2025
Storing fireworks in a residential neighborhood so close to a school violates a slew of state and federal fireworks regulations.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Any unofficial or decorative mark—including, of course, souvenir stamps—violates that rule and can render the document invalid.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The County Attorney's Office argues the law unconstitutionally violates the separation of powers and the Victims' Bill of Rights.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Voting on an appointment that does not exist and allowing Hagglund to vote on his successor violates the law.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Sotomayor said the method violates the Constitution’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violates
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In the end, Morgan breaks it off at their engagement party.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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The schedule breaks favorably going forward.—
Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each participant had lost central vision in one eye due to dry AMD, which destroys light-sensitive macular cells over time.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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An arson fire destroys the 43-year-old Globe Theatre on March 8 (the arsonist was never caught, but a firebug had set several blazes in the park that winter).—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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At the end of that game, Alma psychically rapes the protagonist, a psychic soldier named Beckett, and becomes pregnant with another child.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lanier rapes Forsythe during a job interview, which O’Brien recounts in upsetting, unwavering detail.—
Jared Sullivan,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2024
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There seemed to be an element of sadomasochistic play in their relationship, of withholding and succumbing, that contravenes the popular sense of an unremitting dominant-submissive dynamic.—
Daphne Merkin,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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If my office is later notified that the city has adopted or implemented a policy, whether written or unwritten, that contravenes the statute, the city will again become ineligible for discretionary State funds.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
19 Sep. 2025
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In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The White House told ProPublica that anyone who assaults federal immigration agents would be prosecuted.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Kid also physically assaults Apollonia at one point.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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Tallulah asks, shocked, which offends Maia.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Think of the chatbots that enrage customers, copy that erases brand voice, email that offends prospects, or sales outreach that overwhelms without engaging.—
Andrea Hill,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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But André, who Bonitzer has named after the early surrealist André-Aimé-René Masson, soon confronts our man with a situation that — at least on some distant subconscious level — forces him to re-evaluate his metrics.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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This structural gap seriously limits access to highly specialized medical care and forces many countries to rely on training centers abroad, creating imbalances in both quality and equity.—
Dr. Victor Raúl Castillo Mantilla,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Violates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violates. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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