violate
verb (used with object)
to act against (a law, principle, promise, agreement, instruction, etc.); break, transgress, or fail to honor.
violating
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present participleof violate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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By violating the truce, Moscow would have risked undermining its own efforts to cultivate the crucial relationship with her husband, US President Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The state is also seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions and other orders to prevent the landfill operator from violating the waste control laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Iran threatened legal action against South Korea’s Sinokor for allegedly violating its rules for transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
She had just completed her sentence, a six-meeting ban—12 weeks in absentia—after violating various rules during the public comment portion.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
In a way, it is the most unbiologic of all phenomena, violating the most fundamental myth of the last century, for it denies the importance of specificity, integrity, and separateness in living things.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
