Misuse and Violate

Misuse

Misuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Usage example: sadly misused by the people he had trusted

Violate and misuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violate" instead a verb "Misuse".

Nearby Words: misused, misusing

Violate

Violate verb - To fail to keep.

Misuse and violate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Misuse" instead a verb "Violate".

Common collocations

time misuse time violate time
corpse misuse corpse violate corpse
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