Definition of violence

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Violence (n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault..

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Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird..
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.
Impetuosity :: Impetuosity (n.) The condition or quality of being impetuous; fury; violence.
Exasperation :: Exasperation (n.) Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.
Furious :: Furious (a.) Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm..
Outrage :: Outrage (n.) To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair..
Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to draw by art or violence..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Abduct :: Abduct (v. t.) To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
Storm :: Storm (v. i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms..
Precipitation :: Precipitation (n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity..
Pellmell :: Pellmell (adv.) In utter confusion; with confused violence.
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