violence

vi·o·lence  (v-lns)

n.

1. Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing: crimes of violence.

2. The act or an instance of violent action or behavior.

3. Intensity or severity, as in natural phenomena; untamed force: the violence of a tornado.

4. Abusive or unjust exercise of power.

5. Abuse or injury to meaning, content, or intent: do violence to a text.

6. Vehemence of feeling or expression; fervor.

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violence

Noun

1. the use of physical force, usually intended to cause injury or destruction

2. great force or strength in action, feeling, or expression [Latin violentus violent]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	violence - 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" force aggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked domestic violence - violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women road rage - violence exhibited by drivers in traffic public violence, riot - a public act of violence by an unruly mob
	2.	violence - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, wildness, fury intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense savageness, savagery - the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"
	3.	violence - a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. Sturm und Drang, upheaval, turbulence - a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" rage - violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"

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violence

noun 1. brutality, bloodshed, savagery, fighting, terrorism, frenzy, thuggery, destructiveness, bestiality, strong-arm tactics (informal) rough handling, bloodthirstiness, murderousness

noun 2. force, power, strength, might, ferocity, brute force, fierceness, forcefulness, powerfulness

noun 3. intensity, passion, fury, force, cruelty, severity, fervour, sharpness, harshness, vehemence

noun 4. power, turbulence, wildness, raging, tumult, roughness, boisterousness, storminess

Translations

violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → violencia;

acts of violence → actos mpl de violencia

violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → violence f;

(Pol etc) → incidents violents

violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → Gewalt f;

(strength) → Heftigkeit f

violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → violenza;

(POL etc) → incidenti mpl violenti