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
Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Further, the letter warned that Unwrapped violates Spotify's developer policy, which bans using the Spotify platform or any Spotify content to build machine learning or AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
The board argues that using funds to purchase a separate station violates their contract, and the agenda item presented by staff says the district has been harmed by the management company’s actions.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The State’s establishment of a religious charter school violates Oklahoma statutes Oklahoma Constitution, and the Establishment Clause.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The challenge was filed by the Goldwater Institute, a libertarian legal firm, and argues the law violates the Arizona Constitution by eliminating individuals' free speech rights to donate anonymously.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In response, Paxton sued the clerk in July, arguing the shield law violates the Constitution's full faith and credit clause.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Any member who violates the ban would need to pay a fee equal to 10% of the value of the covered investment, and get rid of any profits from that investment.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Mayo added that the city’s code allows the city to terminate a contract in cases where a contract violates local and state law.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Further, the letter warned that Unwrapped violates Spotify's developer policy, which bans using the Spotify platform or any Spotify content to build machine learning or AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
The board argues that using funds to purchase a separate station violates their contract, and the agenda item presented by staff says the district has been harmed by the management company’s actions.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The State’s establishment of a religious charter school violates Oklahoma statutes Oklahoma Constitution, and the Establishment Clause.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The challenge was filed by the Goldwater Institute, a libertarian legal firm, and argues the law violates the Arizona Constitution by eliminating individuals' free speech rights to donate anonymously.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In response, Paxton sued the clerk in July, arguing the shield law violates the Constitution's full faith and credit clause.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Any member who violates the ban would need to pay a fee equal to 10% of the value of the covered investment, and get rid of any profits from that investment.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Mayo added that the city’s code allows the city to terminate a contract in cases where a contract violates local and state law.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violates
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However, one breaks the mould more than the rest.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Involving the police also breaks trust between them and people suffering from mental health struggles, Weaver said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Producing traditional paper destroys trees and is resource-intensive, requiring up to 13 liters of water for every page made.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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In those situations, the team typically takes the potentially explosive item to a remote area and destroys it, just to be safe, Putthoff said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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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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Daniels steps up, but Wyatt is right there and forces Daniels to cut back right into Sorrell and Brooks, who split the sack for a loss of 2 yards.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Employers counter that the cost of providing what unions want adversely affects their competitiveness in other states and nations and forces them to raise prices, reduce employment or even leave California to remain solvent.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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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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As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance.—
Darren Mack,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Violates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violates. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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