Fail
Violate
Violate verb - To fail to keep.
Common collocations
| time | fail time | violate time |
Both words in one sentence
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Essentially, the argument goes that a sufficiently non-humanoid robot might fail to have any sense of what constitutes a "human," allowing it to violate the Laws out of ignorance.
Source: Starfish Robots - However if they fail a PT test or violate U.S.
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Violate and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/violate
Fail & Violate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/violate>.
Violate or Fail. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/violate.
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