Crossword clues for violates
violates
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Violate \Vi"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating.] [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent.]
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape.
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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.
Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend.
--Shak.Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts.
--Milton. To disturb; to interrupt. ``Employed, it seems, to violate sleep.''
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To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
Syn: To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-third-person singular of: violate)
Usage examples of "violates".
The fact that Kosmic consciousness also violates these boundaries is not even a vaguely justifiable criticism.
If the vehicle carries a power source of any kind, it also violates conservation of energy.
I can't interfere unless I have direct evidence of activity that violates the treaty with the Concordiat.
It violates too many of the laws of physics and reason to be thought otherwise.
To use Polanyi's example, nothing in the laws governing physical particles can predict the emergence of a wristwatch, but nothing in the wristwatch violates the laws of physics.
Ordering me to crush to death an unarmed crowd trying to flee violates my primary programming and would only spark further violence, if I attempted it, potentially igniting open rebellion.
Unless it violates my mission or involves excessive collateral damage.
I am not designed to question the motives of those issuing orders, unless I am presented with clear evidence of treason to the Concordiat or am told to do something that violates my primary mission.
To install - even at the distance of the subcontinent - an interstellar complex violates both Decision and Treaty.
A country that violates the rights of its own citizens, will not respect the rights of its neighbors.
What is the political status of a free country whose government violates the citizens' rights once in a while?
A private citizen who resorts to physical force and violates the rights of others is a criminal— and men have legal protection against him.