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violates

violates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of violate.

Meaning of violate

Verb

violate (third-person singular simple present violates, present participle violating, simple past and past participle violated)

  1. (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
    • Drinking-and-driving violates the law.
    Antonyms:
    comply, obey
  2. (transitive) To rape.
    • That Antonia whom you violated, was your Sister! That Elvira whom you murdered, gave you birth! Tremble, abandoned Hypocrite! Inhuman Parricide! Incestuous Ravisher!1796, Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk
  3. (slang, transitive) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
    • If you don't have a job, you can't pay the money, then you get violated and have to go back to prison.2009, Shakti Belway, Bearing Witness, page 12

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Questions about violates

What is violates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Violates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of violate.

Words near violates in the dictionary

  1. violascent
  2. violate
  3. violated
  4. violater
  5. violaters
  6. violates
  7. violatest
  8. violateth
  9. violating
  10. violation
  11. violational

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