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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Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place..
Enforce :: Enforce (v. t.) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
Prey :: Prey (n.) To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence.
Attack :: Attack (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense..
Exacerbescence :: Exacerbescence (n.) Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc..
Reddour :: Reddour (n.) Rigor; violence.
Tearer :: Tearer (n.) One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence..
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..
Violation :: Violation (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession..
Bulldoze :: Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana..
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body..
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