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Meaning of 'violence' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Violence [ n.]
- The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
- Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
- Ravishment; rape; constupration.
2 . Violence [ v. t.]
- To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.

Meaning of 'violence' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . violence [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Example in sentence:
  • he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Meaning (2):
- the property of being wild or turbulent
Example in sentence:
  • the storm's violence

Nearby Words:

viol viola violable violaceous violaniline violantin violaquercitrin violascent violate violates

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