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vi⋅o⋅late

[vahy-uh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
1. to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
2. to break in upon or disturb rudely; interfere thoughtlessly with: to violate his privacy.
3. to break through or pass by force or without right: to violate a frontier.
4. to treat irreverently or disrespectfully; desecrate; profane: violate a human right.
5. to molest sexually, esp. to rape.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L violātus, ptp. of violāre to treat with violence, violate, appar. deriv. of violentus violent (taking viol- as base); see -ate 1


vi⋅o⋅la⋅tor, vi⋅o⋅lat⋅er, noun
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