noun [U]
1 ~ (against sb) violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill sb:
crimes / acts / threats of violence * He condemned the protesters' use of violence against the police. * domestic violence (= between family members) * Is there too much sex and violence on TV?
2 physical or emotional force and energy:
The violence of her feelings surprised him. * the violence of the eruption * He reacted to the idea with some violence.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for violence is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does violence appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — violence appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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