🇬🇧 Violate meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To violate something means to break an important rule, law, or promise, or to treat something that should be respected in a rude or careless way. When you violate a rule, you don’t follow it. When you violate someone’s space or privacy, you go where you shouldn’t or look at things that aren’t your business.

I violated the “only whisper in the library” rule when I saw a spider on my book and screamed in four different languages.

I violated the “no weird faces in photos” rule and now my school ID looks like I just saw a ghost eating my homework.

The pizza violated geometry by being cut into shapes that were definitely not triangles or anything found in math class.

My alarm clock violated my right to sleep by screaming at 6 a.m. like an angry robot rooster.

My little brother violated the “use a napkin” rule and wiped his pizza hands on the dog, who looked deeply disappointed.

She read the sign: do not enter. She promised not to violate it, but muddy boots tempted her. To step in would violate the rule, to pick a rose would violate the gardener's care. She did violate both. The gardener watched, quiet and hurt. She knelt, cleaned the soil, and cried, sorry for how she did violate his trust.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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