Violence

Noun

 * 1) Extreme force.
 * 2) Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.
 * 3) Widespread fighting.
 * 4)  Injustice, wrong.

Adjectives for Violence
frightful; murderous; sheer; spontaneous; physical; reckless; passionate; high-handed; unwonted; brutal; unjustifiable; glorious; unscrupulous; impetuous; irreconcilable; ghostly; gentle; midnight; unreasoning; swift; bloody; needful; uncommon; loud; extreme; odious meditated; irregular; personal; momentary aggressive; stunning; sacrilegious; devilish cowardly; invisible; undiminished; occasional; tragic; threatening; restless; increasing quiet.

Verbs for Violence
advocate—; allay—; avert—; balk at—; bar—; burst into—; condone—; cow by—; curb—; denounce—; deplore—; deprecate—; discountenance—; employ—; foment—; frustrate—; incite—; indulge in—; inflame to—; instigate—; lull—; pacify—; precipitate—; provoke—; quell—; resort to—; restrain—; subdue—; —erupts; —rages.

Thesaurus
Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone, abuse, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, agitability, animality, argumentum baculinum, assault, astringency, atrociousness, atrocity, attack, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bite, bitterness, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brute force, brutishness, burning rage, cannibalism, causticity, clash, coercion, combustibility, compulsion, constraint, cruelness, cruelty, damage, destructiveness, distort, do violence to, duress, edge, edginess, emotional instability, emotionalism, energy, eruptiveness, excitability, excitableness, explosiveness, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, foul, frenzy, furious rage, furor, fury, grip, harm, harshness, high pressure, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, inflammability, inhumaneness, inhumanity, injure, injury, intensity, intimidation, irascibility, irritability, keenness, latent violence, maltreatment, might, mightiness, mistreatment, molestation, mordacity, mordancy, murderousness, nervousness, outrage, passion, perturbability, physical force, poignancy, point, power, pressure, prickliness, rage, rigor, roughness, ruthlessness, sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, sensitivity, severity, sharpness, skittishness, startlishness, sting, strength, stridency, stringency, strong-arm tactics, tartness, tearing passion, teeth, tempestuousness, the Erinyes, the Eumenides, the Furies, the big stick, the bludgeon, the club, the jackboot, the mailed fist, the strong arm, the sword, touchiness, towering rage, trenchancy, truculence, twist, uproar, vandalism, vehemence, viciousness, vigor, violation, virulence, wanton cruelty, warp, wildness

Related terms

 * violent

Hypernyms

 * force

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: žestina, silovitost
 * Finnish: rajuus;  voimakeinot
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, σφοδρότητα, βιαιότητα


 * Hebrew: אלימות
 * Japanese: 猛威
 * Korean: 폭력
 * Latin:
 * Polish: gwałtowność
 * Russian:, неистовство
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: vägivald
 * Finnish:
 * German: Gewalt, Gewalttaten


 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: przemoc
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, èiginn
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Greek:, βιαιοπραγία
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: αδικία
 * Japanese: 曲解, 歪曲
 * Polish: gwałt
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  violence
 * 2)  act of violence

Synonyms

 * ardeur
 * brutalité
 * force
 * fougue
 * fureur
 * sévices
 * virulence

Antonyms

 * douceur

Etymology
violentia: < adjective violentus:, see violent.

Derived terms

 * violemment
 * violent
 * violenter