Violence

What do we mean by violence?

Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury. noun

Intense force or great power, as in natural phenomena. noun

Extreme or powerful emotion or expression. noun

Distortion of meaning or intent. noun

The state or character of being violent; force; vehemence; intensity. noun

Highly excited feeling or action; impetuosity; vehemence; eagerness. noun

Injury done to anything which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; violation. See the phrases below. noun

Unjust or unwarranted exertion of power; unjust force; force employed against rights, laws, liberty, or the like; outrage; injury; hurt; attack; assault. noun

Ravishment; rape noun

In law: Any wrongful act of one person, whereby either he or his instrument of wrong-doing is brought into contact with the limbs or body of another person. noun

The overcoming or preventing of resistance by exciting fear through display of force. noun

The unlawful use of physical force. noun

Synonyms 1 and 2. Passion, fury, flerceness, wildness, rage, boisterousness. noun

To do violence to; assault; injure.

To bring by violence; compel.

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. noun

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

Ravishment; rape; constupration. noun

To attack; to murder. noun

Extreme force.

Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.

Widespread fighting.

Injustice, wrong.

Ravishment; rape; violation

Words that are spelled similarly to violence:
violence, violene, valence, silence, violent, virulence, violone, violine, violette, violante, volente, violento, vinolency, violenta, violen, violences.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word violence:
intimidation, perpetrated, erupted, rape, abuse, riots, prevention, harassment, violent, terrorism, sexual, victims, domestic, trafficking, incidents, women, discrimination, peaceful, threats, victim, assault, crimes, massacre, crime, gender, conflict, committed, psychological, gang, murder, sex, police, drug.

Words that rhyme with violence:
nonviolence.

Adjectives that are often used to describe violence:
domestic, non, physical, political, sexual, more, much, personal, racial, male, extreme, communal, revolutionary, direct, collective, actual, further, greater, intimate, open, ethnic, interpersonal, external, criminal, marital, structural, serious, brutal, less, sudden, urban, related, widespread, family, terrorist, random, excessive, sectarian, symbolic, explosive, potential, lawless, mass, armed, verbal, severe, lethal, racist, sporadic, based, televised, overt, unnecessary, scale, indirect, senseless, motivated, utmost, destructive, extraordinary, legitimate, gratuitous, terrible, counter, occasional, increased, indiscriminate, spousal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective violence:
controlling, related, prevention, free, the, prone, limits, achieving, united, brazil, composite.

Words that sound like violence:
violence, violins, violin, violent, violets, vigilance, valence, valance, vallance, virulence, violone, villains, violen, vehemence, violine, violates, valens, violon, volans, viceless, volens, villain, villan, villainous, villainy, violinist, villon, villany, villainess, villines, valency, villus, villous, vellus, vilis, vellon, viola, voiceless, variance, valiance, violations, vials, valen, violett, volent, vallon, violas, vacance, vitalise, vineland, vallen, voidance, valone, vulcans, violaceous, veloce, veblen, voteless, viols, valene, veinless, vilany, veillon, valanced, valona, violina, valas, vigeland, violino, volan, villin, villena, veleno, silence, vanilla ice, free-lance, failance, violet, villas, vellum, volin, viewless, villein, velum, valin, vallis, violin bow, vauquelin, valis, vallin, valenza, velas, vasilis, villainies, veles, villanize, vitellus, vocalis, covalence, chehalis.