violence
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violence (uncountable)
- Extreme force.
- The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
- Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.
- We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
- Widespread fighting.
- Violence between the government and the rebels continues.
- (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
- The translation does violence to the original novel.
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Hypernyms [edit]
- (extreme force): force
Translations [edit]
extreme force
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action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering
widespread fighting
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injustice, wrong
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Etymology [edit]
Latin violentia, from adjective violentus, see violent.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
violence f (plural violences)
- (uncountable) violence
- (countable) act of violence