[ UK /vˈa‍ɪ‍ələns/ ]
[ US /ˈvaɪəɫəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
  2. 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
  3. the property of being wild or turbulent
    the storm's violence
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How To Use violence In A Sentence

  • Revenge is a by-the-book sequel, crowbarring in all of the memorable features of the first movie, spicing them up with even more ludicrous ultra violence and adding a few new twists to the tale.
  • One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
  • Mandela was convinced of security force "connivance", at least in the form of standing back and allowing violence that they could stop. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • This is not by any means the only instance of financial incompetence on the part of our various Scottish ancestors, nor indeed of the tendency to resort to violence, and those patterns offer surprisingly little reassurance from the genetic standpoint. Archive 2009-03-01
  • Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating.
  • I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. John Lennon 
  • The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
  • It also stokes the emotions, making physical violence more likely.
  • “Part of an adult faith, for example, is a commitment to the inviolability of human life from its first moment, radically opposing the principle of violence, precisely in the defense of the most defenseless of human creatures,” the pope said. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
  • The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness.
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