MEANING
1. To act against a binding rule, agreement, boundary, or protected right.
2. To treat something sacred or revered in a way that gravely disregards its sanctity.
3. To subject a person to sexual assault.
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Words that belong together
- violate an agreement
- violate privacy
On the page
The search violated her privacy before it found anything.
He would not violate the agreement even after the warning disappeared.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- violate
- Past tense
- violated
- Past participle
- violated
- Present participle
- violating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- violate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are violating
- Present perfect
- have/has violated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been violating
- Past
- violated
- Past continuous
- was/were violating
- Past perfect
- had violated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been violating
- Future
- will violate
- Future continuous
- will be violating
- Future perfect
- will have violated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been violating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: violate; violates; violated; violated; violating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: violates.
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