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Flouts

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scoffverb(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
jeerverb(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
barrackverb(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
gibeverbAlternative spelling of jibe. [(transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.]
breaksverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
circumventsverb(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
defiesverb(transitive) To refuse to obey.
despisesverbTo regard with contempt or scorn.
disregardsverb(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
ignoresverbTo deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
infringesverb(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
negatesverbTo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
neglectsverb(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
overlooksverbTo fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
scornsverb(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
tramplesverb(transitive) To crush something by walking on it.
underminesverb(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
violatesverb(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
abidesverbUsed in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
contravenesverb(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.

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