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It is not possible for triggers to ignore validation rules without adding custom logic.

If the request to save a record originates outside of a Standard UI edit page, any before triggers you've defined will run prior to the execution of validation rules.

Unfortunately, once all the before triggers are finished, Salesforce will run, without exception, the System validation rules (ie. required fields, max length, etc.) and User-Defined validation rules (ie. the formula-based rules you've defined).

Here is one strategy to bypass this behavior:

1. Add a "Skip Validation" Checkbox field to the object
2. Set the "Skip Validation" field to TRUE in a before trigger.
3. Add logic to your validation rules so that they do not execute if "Skip Validation" is set to TRUE.