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Definition of Violate

Violate

  1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
  2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
  3. To disturb; to interrupt.
  4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.

Violate Quotations

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas Jefferson

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.
Barack Obama

President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.
Mitt Romney

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. Eliot

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Violate Translations

violate in Dutch is een aanslag plegen op, aanranden
violate in French is violons, violer, attenter, violez
violate in Latin is rumpo
violate in Spanish is asalter, lacerar

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