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violative

[ vahy-uh-ley-tiv, vahy-uh-luh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. involving violation.


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Other Words From

  • non·vio·lative adjective
  • un·vio·lative adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of violative1

First recorded in 1790–1800; violate + -ive

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Example Sentences

“I would argue that doing so may be violative of the privacy rights of the employees whose personnel file was taken,” Allred said.

Notably, Veitch also pointed to YouTube’s violative view rate metric which shows the percentage of views on the platform of content violating community guidelines.

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His continuance in the priesthood of an abjured faith was violative of every principle of honesty!

Is not this compulsory support most violative of constitutional and religious rights?

He may have required them to bring other Heathens under a form of servitude violative of the general morality of his word.

The Florida salvage act is not violative of the Constitution.

This proceeding, of course, was theoretically violative of their common rights, and hence theoretically un-American.

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