Main entry: violate
Definition: destroy
Usage: Don't violate my garden; violate my privacy
Main entry: despoil, spoil, plunder, rape, violate
Definition: destroy and strip of its possession
Usage: The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Main entry: go against, infract, offend, breach, break, transgress, violate
Definition: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Usage: offend all laws of humanity; violate the basic laws or human civilization; break a law; break a promise
Main entry: violate, rape, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage
Definition: force (someone) to have sex against their will
Usage: The woman was raped on her way home at night
Main entry: outrage, profane, violate, desecrate
Definition: violate the sacred character of a place or language
Usage: desecrate a cemetery; violate the sanctity of the church; profane the name of God
Main entry: violate, go against, break
Definition: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
Usage: This sentence violates the rules of syntax