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'violate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'violate' with 14 example sentences.


violate verb

: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

: destroy

: violate the sacred character of a place or language

: force (someone) to have sex against their will

: destroy and strip of its possession


  • Some claim that full-body scanners violate the Fourth Amendment.
  • They haven't violated their contracts.
  • I will never violate a law again.
  • The British believed the Americans were violating their law.
  • That would violate our rules.
  • The factory violates multiple environmental regulations.
  • We must not violate the Constitution.
  • Bush never violated the Geneva Convention.
  • You're violating my civil rights.
  • I think that some companies should be fined for violating privacy laws.
  • He was accused of having violated the law.
  • This violated the rules of the police department.
  • You've violated our trust.
  • The operation violates international law.
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