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UK
/vˈaɪələnt/
]
[ US /ˈvaɪəɫənt, ˈvaɪɫənt/ ]
[ US /ˈvaɪəɫənt, ˈvaɪɫənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
a violent clash of colors
her dress was a violent red
wild colors
wild shouts
a violent noise -
effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
a violent death -
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
a violent rage
violent feelings
a violent person
a violent attack
felt a violent dislike -
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
vehement dislike
violent passions
in a tearing rage
fierce loyalty -
characterized by violence or bloodshed
writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days
convulsed with red rage
fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing
How To Use violent In A Sentence
- She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life. LADY BE GOOD
- For winemakers in the Rhone, 2002 was a disastrous year, with violent storms and huge rainfall during the harvest.
- Avoid cruel and violent people, as they tend to take up cudgels with you on non-issues.
- Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
- Still, the doctor is not convinced, but he does offer his story of a murderous ventriloquist whose dummy seemed more alive, and violent, than he was.
- Democratic participation, fair and free elections and effective governance need to be institutionalised and made routine, or non-violent means to resolve political crises could be replaced by remobilisation of militias, with significant risk of violent conflict. Crisis Group
- My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.
- And when they have done ye wrang, even when ye hae gotten decreet of spulzie, oppression, and violent profits against them, what better are ye? The Waverley
- Thelma has several drug-related convictions and is awaiting trial on a charge of violent disorder.
- I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. John Lennon
