Definition of "violates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of violate. (verb)

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• "The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo."
• "But his use of the term violates the phonemic principle."
• "The purely religious nature of this term violates the separation of church and state."