violated

verb

past tense of violate
1
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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2
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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3
as in raped
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 The core of the Teamsters’ petition against the DMV is the claim that regulators violated the California Administrative Procedure Act by failing to complete an extensive study of the economic and practical impact of the policy change. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Meta also lost a separate social-media case brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, after a court found that the company violated the state's child-safety laws and ordered it to pay over $900 million in penalties. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 In its March 9 lawsuit, Anthropic alleged the government violated its right to free speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution by retaliating against its views on AI safety. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026 The administration is appealing a June ruling by a lower court that the ban probably violated the troops’ constitutional rights and cannot be enforced against those currently serving while the litigation continues. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The officer’s actions violated the policy in effect at the time. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which was signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The legal avenue initiates a civil proceeding whereby someone convicted of a crime can sue the state over allegations that their punishment violated the law. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026 After a federal jury in the District of Columbia ruled in favor of Democracy Partners, O’Keefe and Maass appealed, arguing the damages violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of the press. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violated
  1. broke
  2. destroyed
  3. raped
  4. breached
  5. desecrated
  6. assaulted
  7. contravened
  8. defiled
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  • Last month, weeks after tens of thousands of students took to the streets of New Delhi demanding education reform, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the seven-week protests.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The stock just broke below the psychologically important $800 level.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of broke
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  • The fire started in the 2300 block of Pickett Road and destroyed five structures, according to Cal Fire.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
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  • What will Alice do with the footage of herself being raped found on Easton’s computer?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • At the time, Laura’s father had not been told his daughter was allegedly raped and killed by Hedrick.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of raped
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  • While wielding a hammer, DeFoor reportedly breached the property line at the driveway and proceeded to target an unmarked federal law enforcement vehicle blocking the driveway entrance.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI's security and safety practices have been under intense scrutiny after the company disclosed that two of its models escaped their training environment, accessed the open web and breached Hugging Face's systems last month.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of breached
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  • The measure adds new grounds to Argentina’s immigration law, allowing authorities to bar, deport and revoke visas of people found to have promoted hatred against Argentines in spoken or written statements or who have desecrated national symbols.
    — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Those are the kinds of things that can't be broken into or taken away or desecrated.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Definition of desecrated
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  • The 28-year-old’s mother allegedly claimed in a complaint to police that, on July 3, Kaur had been abducted by two acquaintances, assaulted, tied to a tree and set on fire, the outlets reported.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Rolling Stone reported that a local court cited former Below Deck Med star Gael Cameron, with whom Gallagher shares a child , as the woman allegedly assaulted by Gallagher.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of assaulted
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  • The Kremlin denied Russia's tests of the Burevestnik missile at a nuclear facility contravened nuclear weapons testing regulations.
    — Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Villa contravened these restrictions last season, time and time again.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of contravened
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  • 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
  • And earlier this month, Russia prompted outrage by installing an exhibit that some commentators said defiled the Katyn Memorial, the site of the mass execution of Polish POWs by the Soviets in 1940.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of defiled

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“Violated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violated. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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