Social life

Synonyms for violate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

violate the sacred character of a place or language

Violate the sanctity of the church.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

outrage

Same sentence, swapped: Outrage the sanctity of the church.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for violate as it is used in the sentence above.

plunder
bulldog
sic

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Closest first: other social life words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

redeemingadjectivesavingbringing about salvation or redemption from sinRidgeline regulateverborderbring into conformity with rules or principles or usageRidgeline2 senses reinverbharnesscontrol and direct with or as if by reinsRidgelineHas a reason line relinquishverbreleaserelease, as from one's gripRidgeline2 senses behaveverbcomportbehave well or properlyHigh CampHas a reason line bondverb, nountiecreate social or emotional tiesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line commandverb, nouncontrolexercise authoritative control or power overFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line redadjectiveviolentcharacterized by violence or bloodshedFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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