VIOLATED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

violated

verb

past tense of violate

as in broke

to fail to keep you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building

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as in destroyed

to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses

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to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent criminal statutes delineating acts that constitute violating another person

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Recent Examples of violated In a victory for the journalists, Kelly expanded a previous, temporary ruling that the administration had violated the news outlets' Fifth Amendment right to due process. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Nevertheless, even if the amendments had met the threshold and passed, the WIAA cannot implement a policy that is in violation of Washington state law and the amendments proposed would have violated state law. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 According to his critics, Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner, acted unilaterally and recklessly in pursuing the revision of voter rolls in ways that violated normal procedures. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Industry trade groups the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice sued Florida, arguing that the law violated the free-speech rights of social media providers and users. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Clement argued the president violated the First Amendment rights of the law firm and had unlawfully retaliated against them. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Kelly wrote in his opinion that the media organizations were likely to succeed in their claims that their due process and First Amendment rights were violated. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 Some of the suits allege OpenAI violated the states’ deceptive trade practices laws. — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 In September, a drone that violated Lithuanian airspace was shot down over the nation’s territory for the first time, following similar incidents in Latvia and Estonia. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026

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On this day in 1931, news broke that Al Capone, Chicago’s untouchable crime boss, had been found guilty.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026
His 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half — his second in as many weeks — broke a scoreless first-half tie.

— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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Firefighters battling a blaze that destroyed six homes in south Orange County can expect a bit of reprieve Saturday afternoon as Santa Ana winds begin to die down.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Its owners, a family of three, left for a cruise before the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel destroyed their property.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

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Prosecutors, relying on testimony from Diehl, say that Pham and Salerno raped and stabbed Collins, too.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
Doe says she was plied with drugs and alcohol and gang-raped by the men during a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Then in January 2026, according to police, a potential family member reached out to police and said the mausoleum and grave of a relative at Riverview Cemetery were unlawfully desecrated in 2002.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
Skeletal remains found in a Wilmington, Delaware, park 15 years ago have been identified as a woman who died in 1907, and whose gravesite was later desecrated.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of desecrated

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The woman tried to intervene as her father was being assaulted, and Gonzalez also allegedly attacked her, authorities said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The alum who asked not to be named alleged more than five years ago that she was assaulted by a male classmate – a student who had already been the subject of another Title IX complaint less than a year earlier.

— Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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The murder of the family is graphic enough, but what happens to Ethan and Ivy is far more perverse, especially when Ivy’s apparently dead body is defiled by one of the feral desert gang members.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
The Tesla’s desecration follows a vandalism spree in Queens that saw religious centers, homes and vehicles defiled with swastikas and antisemitic slogans last month.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

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