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{
"term": "violate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "violate",
"heSheIt": "violates"
},
"pastSimple": "violated",
"pastParticiple": "violated",
"ingForm": "violating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to go against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc.",
"sensetop": "violate something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to violate international law"
},
{
"text": "They have flagrantly violated the treaty."
},
{
"text": "The directive violates fundamental human rights."
}
],
"synonyms": "flout",
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement", "Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["blatantly", "flagrantly", "clearly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to upset or not respect somebody’s peace, privacy, etc.",
"sensetop": "violate something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She accused the press photographers of violating her privacy."
},
{
"text": "The peace of the island community had been brutally violated."
},
{
"text": "The peace of this island community has been repeatedly violated."
},
{
"text": "Their voices sounded shrill and incongruous, violating the silence."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["blatantly", "flagrantly", "clearly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to damage or destroy a holy or special place",
"sensetop": "violate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to violate a grave"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["blatantly", "flagrantly", "clearly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to force somebody to have sex",
"sensetop": "violate somebody",
"labels": "(literary or old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had drugged her and then violated her."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪt/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violate__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪts/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪt/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪts/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "vi/violate/violating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin violat- ‘treated violently’, from the verb violare."
}