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violation
Noun
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A violation of a rule is an act of breaking the rule: going past the limits of the rule.
The speed you were driving your car was a violation of the speed limit.
Walking into my house like that was a violation of my privacy.
The new finding seems to be in violation of our understanding of physics.
This violation of our trust cannot be forgiven.
The violation of these young girls by a man their uncle is hard to understand.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
patent
Noun
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A patent is a way of protecting an invention from being stolen.
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Thomas Edison had over 2000 patents.
patent
Verb
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To patent means to get a patent on an invention
Thomas Edison patented the light bulb and the phonograph.