violate vs destroy

violate and destroy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
violate	No	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of violate; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than violate:

Other hypernyms of violate include ruin.

violate (verb)	destroy (verb)
destroy	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
destroy and strip of its possession	destroy completely; damage irreparably
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises	put (an animal) to death
force (someone) to have sex against their will	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
violate the sacred character of a place or language
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns