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vi·o·lent  (v-lnt)
adj.
1. Marked by, acting with, or resulting from great force: a violent attack.
2. Having or showing great emotional force: violent dislike.
3. Marked by intensity; extreme: violent pain; a violent squall. See Synonyms at intense.
4. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes: a violent death.
5. Tending to distort or injure meaning, phrasing, or intent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin violentus, from vs, vi-, force; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vio·lent·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.violentlyviolently - in a violent manner; "they attacked violently"
nonviolently - without violence; "the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed"
Translations
violently [ˈvaɪələntlɪ] ADV [act] → con violencia, de manera violenta; [tremble] → violentamente; [brake] → bruscamente
she shook the child violentlysacudió al niño con violencia
to die violentlymorir violentamente
to react violently to sthreaccionar violentamente or con violencia ante algo
to fall violently in love with sbenamorarse perdidamente de algn
to be violently opposed to sthoponerse radicalmente a algo
he is violently anti-Communistes un anticomunista furibundo
to be violently sickvomitar mucho
violently [ˈvaɪələntli] adv
[attack, assault, push, struggle] → violemment
to die violently → mourir de mort violente
[shake, shudder, tremble, cough] → violemment
[react] → violemment
to be violently opposed to sth → être violemment opposé(e) à qch
[ill] → terriblement
violently
adv
(= brutally) kick, beat, attack, react, actbrutal; to die violentlyeines gewaltsamen Todes sterben
(= forcefully) push, fling, hurlkräftig; tremble, shake, shudderheftig; swerve, brakeabrupt
(= dramatically) red and pink clash violentlyRot und Rosa beißen sich; they have quite violently opposed temperamentssie haben völlig unvereinbare Temperamente
(= vehemently) speakheftig, leidenschaftlich; disagreescharf; they are violently anti-communistsie sind militante Antikommunisten; to be violently against something or opposed to somethingein scharfer Gegner/eine scharfe Gegnerin einer Sache (gen)sein; he expresses himself rather violentlyer drückt sich sehr krass aus
(= intensely) blushtief, heftig; fall in loveunsterblich; to be violently ill or sicksich furchtbar übergeben; he was violently angryer war außer sich (dat)vor Wut; to retch/cough violentlygewaltig würgen/husten
violently [ˈvaɪələntlɪ] adv (attack, react) → in modo violento, violentemente; (severely, sick, angry) → terribilmente
to fall violently in love with sb → innamorarsi follemente di qn
violently [ˈvaɪələntlɪ] adv (attack, react) → in modo violento, violentemente; (severely, sick, angry) → terribilmente
to fall violently in love with sb → innamorarsi follemente di qn


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, was, at the time of the great shock of the 20th, violently shaken, so that the trees beat against each other, and a volcano burst forth under water close to the shore: these facts are remarkable because this island, during the earthquake of 1751, was then also affected more violently than other places at an equal distance from Concepcion, and this seems to show some subterranean connection between these two points.
On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently.
Presently both men started from their seats in surprise: a long vine that covered half the front of the house and dangled its branches from the edge of the porch above them was visibly and audibly agitated, shaking violently in every stem and leaf.
 
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