violence

Noun
  1. An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) (synset 100967515)
    "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
    is a type of: aggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
    subtypes:
    • domestic violence - violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner or other members of a household
    • road rage - violence exhibited by drivers in traffic
    • public violence, riot - a public act of violence by an unruly mob
    same as: force
  2. The property of being wild or turbulent (synset 105044968)
    "the storm's violence"
    is a type of: intensity, intensiveness - high level or degree; the property of being intense
    subtypes: savageness, savagery - the property of being untamed and ferocious
    same as: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness
  3. A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. (synset 114003462)
    is a type of: sturm und drang, turbulence, upheaval - a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    subtypes: rage - violent state of the elements

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