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 [ˈvaɪələns]

n

1. the exercise or an instance of physical force, usually effecting or intended to effect injuries, destruction, etc.

2. powerful, untamed, or devastating force the violence of the sea

3. great strength of feeling, as in language, etc.; fervour

4. an unjust, unwarranted, or unlawful display of force, esp such as tends to overawe or intimidate

do violence to

a.  to inflict harm upon; damage or violate they did violence to the prisoners

b.  to distort or twist the sense or intention of the reporters did violence to my speech

[via Old French from Latin violentia impetuosity, from 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 Twenty people were killed in the violence.

2. force, power, strength, might, ferocity, brute force, fierceness, forcefulness, powerfulness The violence of the blow forced the hammer through his skull.

3. intensity, passion, fury, force, cruelty, severity, fervour, sharpness, harshness, vehemence `There's no need,' she snapped with sudden violence.

4. power, turbulence, wildness, raging, tumult, roughness, boisterousness, storminess The house was destroyed in the violence of the storm.

Quotations
"All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword" Bible: St. Matthew
"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch" [Quentin Tarantino at the screening of Pulp Fiction in Cannes]
"Keep violence in the mind"
"Where it belongs" [Brian Aldiss Barefoot in the Head]

Translations

violence [ˈvaɪələns] n

(= physical aggression) → violence f
Twenty people were killed in the violence → Vingt personnes ont été tuées dans cette éruption de violence.
acts of violence → actes de violence

(= force) [feelings, tone, action] → violence f

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violence

n

(= forcefulness, strength) → Heftigkeit f; (of protest) → Schärfe f, → Heftigkeit f; (of speech also) → Leidenschaftlichkeit f; the violence of the contrast → der krasse Gegensatz; the violence of his temper → sein jähzorniges Temperament, seine Jähzornigkeit

(= brutality) → Gewalt f; (of people) → Gewalttätigkeit f; (of actions) → Brutalität f; the violence of his nature → seine gewalttätige Art; crime of violence → Gewaltverbrechen nt; act of violence → Gewalttat f; robbery with violence → Raubüberfall m; an increase in violence → eine Zunahme der Gewalttätigkeit; to use violence against somebody → Gewalt gegen jdn anwenden; was there any violence? → kam es zu Gewalttätigkeiten?; outbreak of violence → Ausbruch m → von Gewalttätigkeiten

(fig) to do violence to something → etw entstellen; it does violence to the human spirit → das vergewaltigt den gesunden Menschenverstand

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violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → violenza (Pol) → incidenti mpl violenti
outbreaks of violence → episodi di violenza
acts of violence → atti di violenza
robbery with violence → rapina a mano armata
to do violence to sth (fig) → fare violenza a qc

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violence [ˈvaɪələns] n → violenza (Pol) → incidenti mpl violenti
outbreaks of violence → episodi di violenza
acts of violence → atti di violenza
robbery with violence → rapina a mano armata
to do violence to sth (fig) → fare violenza a qc

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