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| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break a law, agreement |
| Synonyms: | breach, contaminate, contravene, defy, disobey, disregard, disrupt, encroach, err, infringe, meddle, offend, oppose, outrage, profane, resist, sacrilege, sin, transgress, trespass, withstand, infract, tamper with, trample on |
| Antonyms: | obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | violate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rape, defile |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assault, befoul, debauch, defile, desecrate, force, invade, outrage, pollute, profane, ravish, spoil |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
| Notes: | to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonyms assault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contravene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go against, contradict |
| Synonyms: | abjure, breach, break, combat, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate, conflict with, infract |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | debauch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprave, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bastardize, betray, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, intrigue, inveigle, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize, go bad, go to hell, lead astray, live in the gutter |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | deflower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravish; take away beauty |
| Synonyms: | assault, defile, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate, deflorate, depredate |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, ignore, infringe, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, object, overstep, rebel, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, run riot*, shirk, strike, transgress, violate, withstand, be remiss, break rules, fly in face of, go counter to, insurrect, not heed, not listen, not mind, pay no attention to, recalcitrate, rise in arms, set aside, take law into own hands |
| Antonyms: | conform, obey, oblige, regard, submit, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass |
| Synonyms: | affect, disturb, encroach, influence, infringe, intrude, invade, meddle, obtrude, pry, touch, violate, bear upon, make inroads |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | intrude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass, interrupt |
| Synonyms: | barge in, bother, butt in*, cut in, disturb, encroach, entrench, hold up, horn in, infringe, insinuate, interfere, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, invade, meddle, obtrude, overstep, pester, thrust, violate, chisel in, go beyond, intercalate, interlope, intermeddle, push in |
| Antonyms: | leave, withdraw, leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, crash, entrench, foray, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, maraud, meddle, occupy, overrun, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, trespass, violate, burglarize, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, make inroads, muscle in, overspread, overswarm, swarm over |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, defile, deflower, desecrate, force, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar*, madden, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain*, rape, ravage, ravish, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up*, boil over*, burn up*, do violence to, fire up, ill- treat, kick up a row, make hit the ceiling, reach boiling point |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pollute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty; corrupt |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, befoul, besmirch, contaminate, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, dirty, dishonor, foul, infect, mar, poison, profane, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, violate, make filthy |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, befoul, blaspheme, contaminate, curse, damn, darn, debase, despoil, flame, misuse, mock, pervert, pollute, prostitute, revile, scorn, swear, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo*, be evil, commit sacrilege, commit sin, cuss, do wrong, hoodoo, mudsling, put double whammy on, talk dirty, tar |
| Antonyms: | cleanse, purify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sexual assault by force; act of plunder |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, betray, compromise, corrupt, deceive, despoil, force, loot, molest, pillage, plunder, ransack, ruin, sack, seize, violate, spoliate |
| Main Entry: | trample |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk forcibly over |
| Synonyms: | bruise, crush, encroach, flatten, grind, hurt, infringe, injure, override, overwhelm, pound, squash, stamp, stomp, tramp, tread, violate, ride roughshod over, run over, step on, tromp |
| Main Entry: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infringe, offend |
| Synonyms: | butt in*, crash, deviate, displease, encroach, entrench, err, horn in, intrude, invade, lapse, meddle, misbehave, obtrude, overstep, penetrate, poach, poke, sin, transgress, violate, wrong, chisel in, crash the gates, do wrong by, interlope, kibitz, mix in, muscle in, nose in, stick nose in |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on*, hang tough*, hold off*, hold one's ground, hold out*, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out*, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it*, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overstep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exceed |
| Synonyms: | encroach, meddle, trespass, violate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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