serious violation

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandviolation

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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violation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated ...
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(Definition ofseriousandviolationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious violation

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There would also be aseriousviolationof personal autonomy if the clones were under the control of those who produced them.
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Ordinary least squares regression methods fail for this type of data because ofseriousviolationof assumptions.
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We see this as aseriousviolationof the citizens' civil and political rights.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This violence is aseriousviolationof their fundamental rights.
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Mistreating prisoners of war is an even moreseriousviolationof international law.
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It is, after all, very dangerous to condone anyseriousviolationof human rights for too long.
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If it is both ineffective and creates aseriousviolationof human rights, there is greater reason for not having it.
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If an official has been responsible for aseriousviolationof a person's rights, he may be open to criminal prosecution, or indeed there may be a right to damages.
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This is an appalling and disgusting practice and is aseriousviolationof human dignity and physical integrity.
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Condemning these practices is, in fact, not enough to eradicate this extremelyseriousviolationof human rights.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He said that poverty is the mostseriousviolationof human rights and is destructive of all rights.
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It is aseriousviolationof the right to privacy.
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A moreseriousviolation, such as sabotage or theft could be merit a special treatment.
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Meanwhile, people can also cut the connection completely with someone who is not important by deleting friends whenseriousviolationoccurs.
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