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VIOLATED
profaned, violated
(adjective) treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
violated (comparative more violated, superlative most violated)
(of a rule or law) Having been broken or ignored, especially in a flagrant manner.
(by extension) Abused, harmed or sexually victimized.
Synonyms
• raped
• desecrated
• defiled
Verb
violated
simple past tense and past participle of violate
Anagrams
• dovetail
Source: Wiktionary
VIOLATE
Vi"o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Violates; p. pr. & vb. n. Violating.] Etym: [L. violatus, p. p. of violare to violate, fr. vis strength, force. See Violent.]
1. To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.
2. To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton.
3. To disturb; to interrupt. "Employed, it seems, to violate sleep." Milton.
4. To commit rape on; to ravish; to outrage.
Syn.
– To injure; disturb; interrupt; infringe; transgress; profane; deflour; debauch; dishonor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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