Definition of violent

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Violent (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease..

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Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
Catastrophism :: Catastrophism (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.
Abruption :: Abruption (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
Throb :: Throb (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:.
Elater :: Elater (n.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Violent :: Violent (n.) An assailant.
Kick :: Kick (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog..
Squall :: Squall (v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled..
War :: War (v. i.) To contend; to strive violently; to fight.
Crash :: Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter..
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Assaulter :: Assaulter (n.) One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant..
Ebullition :: Ebullition (n.) A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper..
Rage :: Rage (n.) To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Combustion :: Combustion (n.) Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
Tempestuous :: Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate..
Malign :: Malign (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
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