violent
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
caused by injurious or destructive force: a violent death.
Origin of violent
1Other words from violent
- vi·o·lent·ly, adverb
- o·ver·vi·o·lent, adjective
- o·ver·vi·o·lent·ness, noun
- qua·si-vi·o·lent, adjective
- self-vi·o·lent, adjective
- ul·tra·vi·o·lent, adjective
- un·vi·o·lent, adjective
Words that may be confused with violent
- violent , virulent
Words Nearby violent
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How to use violent in a sentence
More progressive activists have pushed the 8 to Abolition to move toward less violent emergency response systems.
Kenosha’s looting is a symptom of a decrepit democracy | Aaron Ross Coleman | September 4, 2020 | VoxThis directs a disproportionate amount of attention across the entire media ecosystem to violent protesters.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets | Bobbie Johnson | September 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAccording to a colleague, Legagneur was working on an independent project in Grand-Ravine, known for high rates of violent gang activity.
These 10 journalists are missing, and COVID is impeding investigations | lbelanger225 | September 1, 2020 | FortuneAs violent protests against police brutality have roiled the country, so has a debate over the looting and property damage they have left in their wake.
Violent protests against police brutality in the ’60s and ’90s changed public opinion | German Lopez | August 28, 2020 | VoxSome followers have already committed destructive, sometimes violent, acts in the name of their beliefs.
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead. | Abby Ohlheiser | August 26, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
The film has one of the most famous violent sequences of all time.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTForget those silly “games played with the ball”; they are far “too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.”
While violent offenses are dramatically down in Bed Stuy, pockets of violence persist here.
On and offline, offenses ranged from awful Tinder messages to violent threats on Twitter to street stalking.
10 Things That Made Us Want to Turn Off the Internet Forever in 2014 | The Daily Beast | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, also, the violent version is, I think a little bit too much for a comedy.
Sony Emails Show How the Studio Plans to Censor Kim Jong Un Assassination Comedy ‘The Interview’ | William Boot | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe next morning he came rushing into the office, in a violent state of excitement.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThereupon the governor attacked him alone, and giving a violent push on the door, opened it.
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for violent
/ (ˈvaɪələnt) /
marked or caused by great physical force or violence: a violent stab
(of a person) tending to the use of violence, esp in order to injure or intimidate others
marked by intensity of any kind: a violent clash of colours
characterized by an undue use of force; severe; harsh
caused by or displaying strong or undue mental or emotional force: a violent tongue
tending to distort the meaning or intent: a violent interpretation of the text
Origin of violent
1Derived forms of violent
- violently, adverb
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