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Definitions for Violence
[1] swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
[2] rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment: to die by violence.
[3] an unjust or unwarranted exertion of force or power, as against rights or laws: to take over a government by violence.
[4] a violent act or proceeding.
[5] rough or immoderate vehemence, as of feeling or language: the violence of his hatred.
[6] damage through distortion or unwarranted alteration: to do editorial violence to a text.
[7] the exercise or an instance of physical force, usually effecting or intended to effect injuries, destruction, etc
[8] powerful, untamed, or devastating force the violence of the sea
[9] great strength of feeling, as in language, etc; fervour
[10] an unjust, unwarranted, or unlawful display of force, esp such as tends to overawe or intimidate
[11] do violence to to inflict harm upon; damage or violate they did violence to the prisoners to distort or twist the sense or intention of the reporters did violence to my speech
Words related to Violence
rampage, disturbance, brutality, clash, confusion, assault, fighting, cruelty, attack, struggle, disorder, bloodshed, terrorism, fury, onslaught, ruckus, sharpness, bestiality, coercion, fuss
Words nearby Violence
violable, violaceous, violate, violation, violative, violence, violent, violent storm, violescent, violet, violet family
Origin of Violence
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin violentia; see violent, -ence
Other words from Violence
an·ti·vi·o·lence , adjective
coun·ter·vi·o·lence , noun
self-vi·o·lence , noun
Word origin for Violence
C13: via Old French from Latin violentia impetuosity, from violentus violent
Synonyms for Violence
assault, attack, bloodshed, brutality, clash, confusion, cruelty, disorder, disturbance, fighting, rampage, struggle, terrorism, abandon, acuteness, bestiality, blowup, coercion, compulsion, constraint, destructiveness, duress, ferocity, fervor, fierceness, flap, frenzy, fury, fuss, harshness, murderousness, onslaught, passion, power, roughness, ruckus, rumble, savagery, severity, sharpness, storm, storminess, tumult, turbulence, uproar, vehemence, wildness, brute force, foul play, raging