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How to pronounce “violate”
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Pronunciation guide for violate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of violate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dungeons and Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History
You're going to violate copyright law.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce violate
Dungeons and Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History

You're going to violate copyright law.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “violate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
- (transitive) To rape.
- (transitive, prison slang) To cite (a person) for a parole violation.
- [Adjective]
- Subject to violation.
- Synonym of violated.
- (obsolete) Morally impure.
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