violence
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(noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" |
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Synonyms: force |
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Related Words: aggression, hostility, public violence, riot |
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(noun) a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. |
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Related Words: Sturm und Drang, rage, turbulence, upheaval |
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(noun) the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" |
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Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness |
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Related Words: intensity, intensiveness |
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