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violative

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vi⋅o⋅la⋅tive

  [vahy-uh-ley-tiv, vahy-uh-luh-tiv]
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–adjective
involving violation.
Origin:
1790–1800; violate + -ive
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vi·o·late   (vī'ə-lāt')   
tr.v.   vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates

  1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example).

  2. To assault (a person) sexually.

  3. To do harm to (property or qualities considered sacred); desecrate or defile.

  4. To disturb rudely or improperly; interrupt: violated our privacy.


[Middle English violaten, from Latin violāre, violāt-, from vīs, vi-, force; see weiə- in Indo-European roots.]
vi'o·la'tive adj., vi'o·la'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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