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
Anything outside of that range would violate Hawking’s area theorem.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Cold Outreach Automated outreach, especially for cold prospecting, is a high-risk activity that can result in account suspensions for violating terms of service on platforms like LinkedIn and Meta.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nvidia inched lower after China said the company violated anti-monopoly law.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Cousins denied the protection to McNamara, writing in a March 2024 ruling that the evidence in the case prompted sufficient questions about whether the shooting violated Green’s constitutional rights, and thus warranted a jury trial.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Cold Outreach Automated outreach, especially for cold prospecting, is a high-risk activity that can result in account suspensions for violating terms of service on platforms like LinkedIn and Meta.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Nvidia inched lower after China said the company violated anti-monopoly law.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Cousins denied the protection to McNamara, writing in a March 2024 ruling that the evidence in the case prompted sufficient questions about whether the shooting violated Green’s constitutional rights, and thus warranted a jury trial.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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Well, Kristina Collins, MD, a dermatologist based in Austin, broke it down for me.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her backing, however, did not immediately break the dam and usher in more establishment Democratic Party support.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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Gonzalez-Rasalas was charged with murder, desecrating a body and auto theft in a gruesome 2023 Easter Sunday homicide.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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Punishment for burning the national flag varies, with some requiring those who desecrate a flag to pay a fine, such as Italy, while others, like South Korea, enforce multiple years of jail-time.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Corey Feldman said in his 2020 documentary that Haim had confided in him that Sheen raped Haim on the set of the 1986 film.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Perkins had accused Dunmire of raping her, but no charges were ever filed against him, according to Cleveland 19 News.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kremlin propagandists have disparaged NATO members' reaction to Europe's condemnation of Moscow after Russian drones breached the territory of Poland.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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In early 2025, the stock fell nearly 57% from February to April in the wake of a short-seller report that alleged the company had exaggerated its e-commerce performance and breached service terms.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Some are value-destroying black holes; others are relentless value creators.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The first instance of NATO nations downing drones came last week, when Polish and Dutch fighters destroyed three Russian drones over Poland.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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The neighbor, who denied any political motivations in the attack, pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress was sentenced to eight months behind bars.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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In April, 2021, two Chinese women were assaulted outside the town’s only Asian grocery store.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The problem comes when ideological casting choices begin to undermine the narrative, contravening Grisham’s famously effective structure and pacing.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The seafood area’s ice machine was similarly defiled.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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This is in contrast to most traditional Hindu narratives, in which the husband rejects a wife who has been ‘defiled’ by another man’s attentions.—
Radha Vatsal
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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