Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Violate
Violate verb - To fail to keep.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Broken Aesop: "A Hug For Grouchy" encourages the idea of sharing one's feelings with others...by having others violate your own feelings when it comes to being touched!
Source: Western Animation / The Smurfs -
Hawking stated that it's irretrievably lost, which would violate the First Law of Thermodynamics - however, thanks to the bizarre nature of black holes, it's possible the law might be broken (thank you, infinity).
Source: Useful Notes / Black Holes -
Finally, it appears some, most, or maybe even all rules of magic can be stretched, if not necessarily broken; Ancotar states that permanent invisibilty would "violate the Conservation of Perception," but has created a spell that can keep a whole village invisible for at least a year.
Source: Magic A Is Magic A
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