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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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
Their lawyers argue that the removal of the books violates federal and state free speech protections.
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Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
The program violates not only the First Amendment but also the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal law about how agencies are allowed to operate, the lawsuit argues.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Bonta said its abrupt cancellation, announced in August via an X post from EPA Admistrator Lee Zeldin, has stalled projects and violates the agency’s contractual obligations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Smucker said the design violates its trademarks.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
The court will consider whether the state's creation of a second majority district violates the guarantees of the right to vote outlined in the 14th and 15th Amendments and Congress's authority to enforce that mandate, says NPR's Nina Totenberg.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
The suit also lambasted school board members for publicly naming and calling out Orbison for her post, saying that violates the district's code of conduct.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Smithers' current attorneys most recently argued that executing an elderly person violates his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment and no longer served the initial purpose of his death sentence.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Detroit Metropolitan Airport is showing a politicized message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on monitors in their facilities that many say violates the Hatch Act but the Wayne County Airport Authority says it was not involved in the decision.
—Dan Basso, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
The program violates not only the First Amendment but also the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal law about how agencies are allowed to operate, the lawsuit argues.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Bonta said its abrupt cancellation, announced in August via an X post from EPA Admistrator Lee Zeldin, has stalled projects and violates the agency’s contractual obligations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Smucker said the design violates its trademarks.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
The court will consider whether the state's creation of a second majority district violates the guarantees of the right to vote outlined in the 14th and 15th Amendments and Congress's authority to enforce that mandate, says NPR's Nina Totenberg.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
The suit also lambasted school board members for publicly naming and calling out Orbison for her post, saying that violates the district's code of conduct.
—Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Smithers' current attorneys most recently argued that executing an elderly person violates his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment and no longer served the initial purpose of his death sentence.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Detroit Metropolitan Airport is showing a politicized message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on monitors in their facilities that many say violates the Hatch Act but the Wayne County Airport Authority says it was not involved in the decision.
—Dan Basso, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violates
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Colonial seizure breaks the reciprocal relationship between people and the land, converting it to a relationship governed by extraction.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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But just because everything else is feeling unstable, this is almost the straw that breaks the camel's back for him.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Once in place, the device releases liquid nitrogen, reaching temperatures as low as –170°C to form an ice ball that destroys the tumor cells.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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These newly aware companies’ high-speed trading of financial projects destroys the Earth itself, forcing humans to flee to the margins of the solar system.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 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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Donald treats Ivana with similar contempt, and then rapes her.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2024
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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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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
Verb
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Assuming that forces an honor, finesse the six on the second.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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This is the type of loss that forces a team to take a long look in the mirror.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The difference, Tillmon said, is that whereas law enforcement is more responsive in nature, violence interrupters act before a situation breaches a level of crime.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Nothing so much as a heated theological debate breaches the Brotherhood’s temperate cultural climes.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Violates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violates. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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