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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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..
Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
Thresh :: Thresh (v. t.) Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently..
Quietly :: Quietly (adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils..
Hotspurred :: Hotspurred (a.) Violent; impetuous; headstrong.
Fulminating :: Fulminating (a.) Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
Rank :: Rank (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy..
Sore :: Sore (a.) Greatly; violently; deeply.
Tossing :: Tossing (n.) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall..
Blast :: Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind.
Violence :: Violence (n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force..
Moodiness :: Moodiness (n.) The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods..
Gutwort :: Gutwort (n.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa..
Booming :: Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns..
Toze :: Toze (v. t.) To pull violently; to touse.
Tumultuous :: Tumultuous (a.) Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech..
Euphorbium :: Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned..
Fury :: Fury (n.) A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant..
Convulse :: Convulse (v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain..
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