blatant violation

collocation in English

meaningsofblatantandviolation

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blatant
adjective
uk
/ˈbleɪ.tənt/us
/ˈbleɪ.tənt/
very obvious and intentional, when this is a ...
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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 ofblatantandviolationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblatant violation

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This is ablatantviolationof the principle of proportionality.
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It is ablatantviolationof international human rights laws.
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That would constitute ablatantviolationof a person's property rights.
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That is the mostblatantviolationof national independence.
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We have been debating this issue for years and there is no doubt that progress has been made, yet we are, once again, facing ablatantviolationof this agreement.
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To this day, one year later, no contradictory debate has been organised to justify thisblatantviolationof press freedom.
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Environmentalists called the dumping ablatantviolationof two international moratoriums.
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Some commentators identified this interview as ablatantviolationof the plea agreement.
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Why such ablatantviolationof normal security protocol is not punished is not explained.
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Her struggle to set right theblatantviolationand flouting of rules brings her in direct confrontation with her family's business interests.
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This move was regarded as ablatantviolationof freedom of speech and threat to independent media.
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During the past two weeks, there have been two blatant violations of the watershed.
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At the same time, it shows that it supports, or even dictates the primitive anti-communism and blatant violations of human rights which prevail in the former socialist candidate countries.
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The report found blatant violations of the law by officials and state institutions.
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