violence
Meanings
Plural: violences
Noun
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
- the property of being wild or turbulent
- "the storm's violence"
- a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
- Extreme force.
- Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
- Widespread fighting.
- Injustice, wrong.
Verb
- To subject to violence.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English violence, from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from adjective violentus, see violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.
Synonyms
ferocity, fierceness, force, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
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