| viol | (noun) any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family | - |
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| viola | (noun) any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola | - |
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| (noun) a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower | - |
| violable | (adjective) capable of being violated | - |
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| violate | (verb) destroy | - |
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| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape, spoil |
| (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane |
| (verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | Synonyms: break, go against |
| violated | (adjective) treated irreverently or sacrilegiously | Synonyms: profaned |
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| violation | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, usurpation |
| (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, rape, ravishment |
| (noun) a disrespectful act | Synonyms: irreverence |
| (noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: infringement |
| violative | (adjective) violating or tending to violate or offend against | Synonyms: offensive |
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| violator | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: debaucher, ravisher |
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| (noun) someone who violates the law | Synonyms: law offender, lawbreaker |
| violence | (noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: force |
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| (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness |
| (noun) a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. | - |
| violent | (adjective) acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by violence or bloodshed | Synonyms: crimson, red |
| (adjective) effected by force or injury rather than natural causes | - |
| (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, tearing, trigger-happy, vehement |
| (adjective) (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud | Synonyms: wild |
| violently | (adverb) in a violent manner | - |
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| violet | (adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue | Synonyms: purple, purplish |
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| (noun) a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum | Synonyms: reddish blue |
| (noun) any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers | - |
| violin | (noun) bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow | Synonyms: fiddle |
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| violinist | (noun) a musician who plays the violin | Synonyms: fiddler |
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| violist | (noun) a musician who plays the viola | - |
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| violoncellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: cellist |
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| violoncello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: cello |
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