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Backbone

Definition of backbone:

Backbone of a vessel in wooden ships. "Boys' Book of Model Boats", Raymond Francis Yates.
You've got the backbone to see it through? "The Dark Star", Robert W. Chambers.
The small European force has always been the backbone of our armies; but in every battle native soldiers have formed the great majority. "Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877", James Kennedy.
You can't help that, and you're Scottish to the backbone in all that matters. "Johnstone of the Border", Harold Bindloss.

Violate

To treat roughly or severely; to ill- use; to encroach or trespass upon; as, to violate an other's rights or property; to profane or treat irreverently; as, to violate a tomb or grave; to transgress, as the law; to disregard, as a treaty; to break, as a promise; to outrage or dishonor. ...