Definition of Violate

Verb

  • destroy and strip of its possession
    "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
  • force (someone) to have sex against their will
    "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
  • violate the sacred character of a place or language
    "desecrate a cemetery"
    "violate the sanctity of the church"
    "profane the name of God"
  • destroy
    "Don't violate my garden"
    "violate my privacy"
  • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    "offend all laws of humanity"
    "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
    "break a law"
    "break a promise"
    - go against
  • fail to agree with
    be in violation of
    as of rules or patterns
    "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
    - go against
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Violate

  • Scrabble® score of the violate (10)
  • Word Chums® score of the violate (13)
  • Words With Friends® score of the violate (12)

Unscramble violate

134 unscramble word found using the letters violate.
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