Englishviolate
verb
1 the directive violates fundamental human rights:
contravene, breach, commit a breach of, infringe, infract, break, transgress, overstep, not comply with, disobey, defy, flout, fly in the face of, rebel against;
disregard, ignore, pay no heed to, take no notice of;
archaic set at naught.
▷antonyms comply with.
2 her daughter's tomb had been violated:
desecrate, profane, treat sacrilegiously, treat with disrespect, blaspheme, defile, degrade, debase;
damage, vandalize, deface, destroy;
North American, informal trash.
▷antonyms respect.
3 she did not like having her personal space violated:
invade, intrude on, encroach on, impinge on, trespass on, obtrude on, break into, interfere with, disturb, disrupt, upset, shatter.
4 he drugged her and then violated her:
rape, indecently assault, sexually assault, assault, force oneself on, force, sexually abuse, abuse, molest, interfere with, seduce;
informal pop someone's cherry, bed;
euphemistic have one's (evil) way with, take advantage of;
dated ravish, deflower, defile, dishonor, ruin, take away someone's innocence.