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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2
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
Perkins Coie sued the Trump administration this week, arguing that the executive order violated the firm's constitutional protections of free speech and association.
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Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
After state officials barred him from the Capitol, police arrested Bundy multiple times for violating that order.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation last March to investigate the analyst, who authorities have not named, and determine if the analyst violated criminal law by tampering with the DNA testing process.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Social-media companies that violate the law could face penalties up to $50,000 per violation.
—Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
After state officials barred him from the Capitol, police arrested Bundy multiple times for violating that order.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation last March to investigate the analyst, who authorities have not named, and determine if the analyst violated criminal law by tampering with the DNA testing process.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Social-media companies that violate the law could face penalties up to $50,000 per violation.
—Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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Within months, Meta broke ground on a sixth and seventh Utah data center beside the other five.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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Senior Lily Cooper broke the school’s all-time scoring record, boys and girls, of 1,333 points set by Val DePaolo in 1979.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
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The company says that Greenpeace included false statements in a letter to the company’s banks that asserted construction of the pipeline desecrated tribal burial grounds and important cultural sites.—
Jennifer Safstrom,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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How could the Chicago Archdiocese allow the Rev. Michael Pfleger to desecrate sacred parish grounds built on American soil and off the sweat of immigrants?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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But my mom was raped more than 200 times during ten years by more than 70 different men.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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The case comes less than two months after a 44-year-old woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, filed a criminal report with the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office alleging she was raped twice in her cabin, each time by a crew member, on an eight-day cruise that started and ended at PortMiami.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit accused Starbucks of breaching its duty of care.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
16 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit accused Starbucks of breaching its duty of care by failing to secure the lid.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Residents of states that have been impacted by this weekend's storms have posted photos online showing their homes destroyed by the tornadoes, with roofs fallen completely off, walls caved in and debris on lawns.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Taking on the role of a teenage boy named Chrono, players have to travel through time and assemble a team to stop a horrifying creature named Lavos from destroying the world.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Trump has reportedly used denialism – about Joe Biden winning the 2020 election and that Jan. 6 entailed pro-Trump protesters violently assaulting police officers – to help vet appointees for senior national security and intelligence posts.—
Joe Wright,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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When our son Sam was six years old, he was assaulted in the boy’s bathroom at school.—
Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
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There are two aspects of your HOA’s project that could potentially contravene the governing documents, giving you a legal claim: First, whether the board is adding new amenities that didn’t exist before.—
Jill Terreri Ramos,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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There was no ground survey report, and the building contravened the permissions in its original permit when it was built in 1993.—
Emily Wither,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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Last Blood is a straightforward revenge story about a broken man who vows to kill those who defiled and murdered his surrogate niece.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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William adamantly reminds his father that Jane was trying to save her sister from being defiled by a man who had paid to take her maidenhead.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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