Definition of violence

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Violence (n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force..

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Heat :: Heat (n.) Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party..
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move with violence or impetuosity; to whirl; to brandish.
Abusiveness :: Abusiveness (n.) The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person..
Heteronomy :: Heteronomy (n.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires..
Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..
Storm :: Storm (n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence..
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear..
Epitasis :: Epitasis (n.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Remission :: Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind..
Impetuous :: Impetuous (a.) Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent..
Outrage :: Outrage (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person..
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