{
    "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."
}