fly in the face of vs violate

fly in the face of and violate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fly in the face of	No	No	Yes	No
violate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, violate is a hypernym of fly in the face of; that is, violate is a word with a broader meaning than fly in the face of:

Other hypernyms of fly in the face of include break, go against.

fly in the face of (verb)	violate (verb)
go against	destroy
	destroy and strip of its possession
	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
	force (someone) to have sex against their will
	violate the sacred character of a place or language
	fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns