violate
violate is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
- transitive verb. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
- transitive verb. To disturb; to interrupt.
- transitive verb. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
- verb. destroy
"Don't violate my garden"
"violate my privacy"
- verb. destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- verb. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
- verb. force (someone) to have sex against their will
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"
- verb. violate the sacred character of a place or language
"desecrate a cemetery"
"violate the sanctity of the church"
- verb. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
"This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
Synonyms
despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, breach, break, infract, offend, transgress, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, ravish, desecrate, profane
Common word forms
violated, violater, violates, violating
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for VIOLATE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.