Violent

Word VIOLENT
Character 7
Hyphenation vi o lent
Pronunciations /ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Violent"

What do we mean by violent?

Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force. adjective

Characterized by or displaying physical violence. adjective

Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes. adjective

Given to physical violence. adjective

Very forceful. adjective

Intense or extreme, especially in emotion. adjective

Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger. adjective

Vivid, as in brightness or saturation. adjective

Tending to distort meaning or intent. adjective

Characterized by strong and sudden physical force; impetuous; furious.

Produced, effected, or continued by force; accompanied by extraneous or unnatural force; unnatural.

Acting or produced by unlawful, unjust, or improper force; characterized by force or violence unlawfully exercised; rough; outrageous; not authorized.

Vehement mentally, or springing from such vehemence; fierce; passionate; furious.

In general, intense in any respect; extreme: as, a violent contrast; especially, of pain, acute.

Compelled; compulsory; not voluntary.

Poignant, exquisite.

One acting with violence. noun

To urge with violence.

An assailant.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Violent

The word "violent" in example sentences

I think the speaker used the term violent, did violence to what you're trying to accomplish in the House. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Beijing, wary of instability and the threat to the Communist Party's grip on power, often blames what it calls violent separatist groups in Xinjiang for attacks on police or other government targets. ❋ Reuters (2011)

But opposition parties and human-rights groups complain the likely victory of the ruling party is tainted by what they call a violent crackdown on supporters and party members. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Significantly, he never used the word terrorism, but he hit hard on what he called violent extremism and its consequences. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let's remember that what you call a violent past, that was at a time when thousands of people were being murdered by our government every month, and those of us who fought to end that war were actually on the right side. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"There is ample fact -- and we also have plenty of evidence -- proving that this incident was organized, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said today, in denouncing the Dalai Lama's supporters as instigators of what he described as violent protests that rocked the region in recent days. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Let's remember that what you call a violent past, that was at a time when thousands of people were being murdered by our government every month. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The FBI is now looking into what it calls a violent case of domestic terrorism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mugabe has lashed out at Western support for what he called violent opposition activists and told his growing number of critics to "go hang." ❋ Unknown (2007)

A defiant and angry President Robert Mugabe on Thursday lashed out at Western support for what he called violent opposition activists and told his growing number of critics to "go hang." ❋ Unknown (2007)

CLANCY: The U.S. government says it is concerned about those civilian casualties in Lebanon and the potential for more, but it defends the Lebanese army's fight against what it calls violent extremists. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They found the social worker dead from what they call a violent attack. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And they were already arrested on suspicion of what they call violent disarray -- sorry, violent disarray or a fray. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They found the social worker dead, from what they describe as a violent attack. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But both Daniel and his wife and at least one other neighbor of that area had filed a request for a temporary injunction, a restraining order against this individual because of what they called violent and unpredictable behavior. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Democratic Movement, which he described as a violent party. ❋ Unknown (1998)

Snyman said this led to what he described as a violent and intense scuffle in which Biko was supposed to have accidentally bumped his head against a wall. ❋ Unknown (1997)

That is to say, his power of drawing correct conclusions from the premises submitted to him fails, and we have all sorts of crude experiments in sociology attempted, which end in that form of chaos which we call a violent revolution. ❋ Brooks Adams (1887)

HAVANA Reuters - Leaders of the dissident group Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church on Tuesday to intervene with the Cuban government to end what they described as violent acts against them and other human rights activists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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