superviolent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ violent

Adjective[edit]

superviolent (comparative more superviolent, superlative most superviolent)

  1. Especially violent.
    • 2007 February 15, A. O. Scott, “Whimsy, Pessimism and ‘Lady Chatterley’ in Berlin”, in New York Times[1]:
      Park Chan-Wook, the critically beloved author of superviolent spectacles like “Oldboy” and “Lady Vengeance,” arrived here with a movie called “I’m a Cyborg, but That’s O.K..”