Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences with violate below are plain text.

How to pronounce violate in American English

“violate” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to violate the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“violate” in real sentences — American speakers

907 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. They violate international law.

    The Obama White House

  2. activity may violate that.

    FAA

  3. violate their faith in order to request permission not to violate their faith.

    Dept of Justice

Words that sound like “violate”

Words one sound away from violate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “violate”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of violate. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

Nearby words

All words starting with V →