VIOLATED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

violated

verb

past tense of violate

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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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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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

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The Seattle Seahawks are the defending champions but have lost two key members of their secondary in free agency and their second-round pick, safety Bud Clark, who was supposed to be a replacement for Coby Bryant, broke an ankle in the preseason.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Parton's impact broke barriers Responses to Parton's death have transcended geographical, racial and gender-based lines.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

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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

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According to a detective’s testimony at a preliminary hearing, Thomas raped a 15-year-old girl while forcing her to insult Blythe Street.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Capo's is under fire after police said a woman was raped in a parking lot after leaving the bar on East Carson Street earlier this month.

— Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

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Hugging Face was recently hacked by one of OpenAI's agents, with Sam Altman's group publishing a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its models breached Hugging Face last month.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Iran has long been accused of carrying out cyber-attacks that have caused power outages and breached sensitive government data globally, including by Turkey in 2015, and Israel in 2022.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

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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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Scott and Dylan walked away from faculty members and the video production crew and and Scott allegedly assaulted her in a janitor’s closet.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public’s assistance after a man broke into a woman’s residence and assaulted her early Tuesday morning in a small Kansas town.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

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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

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