Other Definitions
violence (enc)
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Violence| Noun | 1. | violence - 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"domestic violence - violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women road rage - violence exhibited by drivers in traffic | | | 2. | violence - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" | | | 3. | violence - a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.Sturm und Drang, upheaval, turbulence - a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" rage - violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks" | |
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