violate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
This sentence violates the rules of syntax
Types & categories
- fly in the face of hyponym
Related & opposite
- conform to antonym
- infringement derivation
- offensive derivation
- violable derivation
Sense 2 verb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
offend all laws of humanity
Types & categories
- disrespect hypernym
- sin hyponym
- blunder hyponym
- contravene hyponym
- trespass hyponym
- trespass hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
destroy
Don't violate my garden
Types & categories
- disturb hypernym
Sense 4 verb
violate the sacred character of a place or language
desecrate a cemetery
Types & categories
- assault hypernym
Related & opposite
- usurpation derivation
- irreverence derivation
- profanation derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 5 verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
The woman was raped on her way home at night
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- outrage derivation
- ravishment derivation
- raper derivation
- ravisher derivation
- dishonor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Sense 6 verb
destroy and strip of its possession
The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Types & categories
- ruin hypernym
Related & opposite
- plundering derivation
- rapine derivation
- spoilation derivation
- spoil derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | conform to |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infringement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | violable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fly in the face of |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transgression |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crime |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrongdoer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transgressor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsavory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disrespect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contravene |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disturb |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | usurpation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | irreverence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | profanation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | outrage |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravishment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | raper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravisher |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dishonor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | assault |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gang-rape |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | plundering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rapine |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoilation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruin |