Verb
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destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
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force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
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violate the sacred character of a place or language
"desecrate a cemetery"
"violate the sanctity of the church"
"profane the name of God"
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destroy
"Don't violate my garden"
"violate my privacy"
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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