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violent

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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.

violent
Adjective
1. using or involving physical force with the intention of causing injury or destruction: violent clashes with government supporters
2. very intense: I took a violent dislike to him
3. sudden and forceful: a violent explosion
violently adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.violentviolent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
unpeaceful - not peaceful; "unpeaceful times"; "an unpeaceful marriage"
nonviolent - abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
2.violentviolent - effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death"
unnatural - not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"
3.violent - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
4.violentviolent - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
5.violent - characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"

violent
adjective 6. powerful, wild, devastating, strong, storming, raging, turbulent, tumultuous, tempestuous, gale force, blustery, ruinous, full of force << OPPOSITE mild
Translations
violent [ˈvaɪələnt] adj (gen) → violento; [pain] → intenso;
a violent dislike of sb/sth → una profunda antipatía or manía a algn/algo

violent [ˈvaɪələnt] adjviolent(e);
a violent dislike of sb/sth → une aversion profonde pour qn/qch

violent [ˈvaɪələnt] adj (behaviour) → gewalttätig;
(death) → gewaltsam;
(explosion, criticism, emotion) → heftig;
a violent dislike of sb/sth → eine heftige Abneigung gegen jdn/etw

violent [vaɪələnt] adjviolento/a;
a violent dislike of sb/sth → una violenta avversione per qn/qc

violent
adj violent [ˈvaiələnt]
1 having, using, or showing, great force There was a violent storm at sea; a violent earthquake; He has a violent temper. onstuimig, kragtig عَنيف، قاسٍ жесток prudký kraftig; voldsom heftig βίαιος, σφοδρός violento äge شدید؛ سخت raju violent אַלִים हिंसात्मक divlji, nasilan heves kuat, kasar ofsalegur violento 激しい 강렬한, 격렬한 siautėjantis, smarkus, ūmus spēcīgs; stiprs kuat; bergelora; ganas; kasar woest voldsom, voldelig gwałtowny violento violent сильный; неистовый prudký silovit snažan våldsam รุนแรง şiddetli, kırıcı, haşin 強烈的 сильний; шалений سخت، زوردار hung dữ
2 caused by force a violent death. gewelddadig بِسبَب العُنْف насилствен násilný voldsom gewaltsam βίαιος violento vägivaldne خشونت آمیز؛ خشن väkivaltainen violent אַלִים बल के कारण हुई कोई चीज nasilan erőszakos karena kekerasan ofbeldisfullur violento 暴力による 폭력적인, 비명의 smurtinis varmācīgs dibunuh gewelddadig voldsom gwałtowny violento violent насильственный násilný nasilen nasilan våldsam ที่มีสาเหตุจากความรุนแรง fecî, trajik 由暴力引起的 насильний, насильницький پرتشدد hung dữ 暴力引起
adv violently
gewelddadig بِعُنْف жестоко násilně kraftigt; voldsomt heftig βίαια violentamente vägivaldselt با خشونت väkivaltaisesti violemment בְּאַלִימוּת बलपूर्वक, ज़बरदस्ती nasilno erőszakosan, hevesen dengan kuat ofsalega violentemente 激しく 세차게, 맹렬하게; 폭력적으로 smarkiai, labai spēcīgi; stipri; varmācīgi dgn ganas woest, gewelddadig voldsomt, heftig, voldelig gwałtownie violentamente (în mod) violent, cu vio­len­ţă сильно; неистово prudko, ostro silovito nasilno våldsamt อย่างรุนแรง şiddetle 強烈地 сильно, дуже شدت سے hung dữ
n violence
great roughness and force, often causing severe physical injury or damage I was amazed at the violence of his temper; She was terrified by the violence of the storm. geweld عُنْف жестокост prudkost voldsomhed die Heftigkeit βία, βιαιότητα, σφοδρότητα violencia ägedus, vägivaldsus شدت rajuus, väkivalta violence אַלִימוּת हिंसा, प्रचंडता, प्रबलता nasilje erőszak kekerasan ofbeldi, ofsi violenza 激しさ 격렬, 맹렬; 폭력, 폭행 stiprumas, jėga, siautėjimas, smurtas spēks; niknums; vardarbība keganasan geweld vold(somhet), brutalitet gwałtowność, przemoc violência vio­lenţă неистовство násilie, hrubosť, prudkosť, sila silovitost nasilje våld, våldsamhet ความรุนแรง şiddet 暴力, 猛烈, 強烈 несамовитість, шаленість تشدد sự hung dữ 暴力, ,


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One Evening in December as my Father, my Mother and myself, were arranged in social converse round our Fireside, we were on a sudden greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward door of our rustic Cot.
A man must be far gone in Utopian speculations who can seriously doubt that, if these States should either be wholly disunited, or only united in partial confederacies, the subdivisions into which they might be thrown would have frequent and violent contests with each other.
Wealth was an inferior object, but what glory would attend the discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death
 
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