Meaning of violence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Extreme force.
   countable, uncountable
2. act of violence
3. gewelddadig بِعُنْف жестоко violentamente násilně heftig kraftigt; voldsomt βίαιαviolentamente vägivaldselt با خشونت väkivaltaisesti violemment בְּאַלִימוּת बलपूर्वक, ज़बरदस्ती nasilno erőszakosan, hevesen dengan kuat ofsalega violentemente 激しく 난폭하게 smarkiai, labai spēcīgi; stipri; varmācīgi dgn ganas woest, gewelddadigvoldsomt, heftig, voldelig gwałtownie په زور، په زياتي، په توندي، په جبر، په تاو violentamente (în mod) violent, cu vio­len­ţă сильно; неистово prudko, ostro silovito nasilno v...
4. Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
   countable, uncountable
5. great roughness and force, often causing severe physical injury or damage. I was amazed at the violence of his temper; She was terrified by the violence of the storm. geweld عُنْف жестокост violência prudkost die Heftigkeit voldsomhed βία, βιαιότητα, σφοδρότηταviolencia ägedus, vägivaldsus شدت väkivalta violenceאלימות हिंसा, प्रचंडता, प्रबलता nasilje erőszak kekerasan ofbeldi, ofsi violenza 激しさ 폭력 stiprumas, jėga, siautėjimas, smurtas spēks; niknums; vardarbība keganasan geweldvold, brutalite...
6. Widespread fighting.
   countable, uncountable
7. violencia; domestic ___ → ___ familiar.
8. Injustice, wrong.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
9. Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury: the violence of the rioters.
10. Intense force or great power, as in natural phenomena: the violence of a tornado.
11. Distortion of meaning or intent: do violence to a text.
12. the exercise or an instance of physical force, usually effecting or intended to effect injuries, destruction, etc
13. powerful, untamed, or devastating force: the violence of the sea.
14. great strength of feeling, as in language, etc; fervour
15. an unjust, unwarranted, or unlawful display of force, esp such as tends to overawe or intimidate

Equivalents

Examples

“The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.”

“Some others get a rotten wheele, all worne and cast aside, Which covered round about with strawe, and tow, they closely hide: And caryed to some mountaines top, being all with fire light, They hurle it down with violence, when darke appeares the night”

“A "passenger/goods" cock is provided in each cab, by which, when placed in the "goods" position, the normal proportional brake application is slowed down. This is for use when hauling an unbraked or partially braked train, and prevents the unbraked stock from running into the locomotive or braked portion of the train with violence.”

“We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.”

“There is nothing unique or magical about the Middle East; it shares xenophobias and violences with all the rest of the world!”

“One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.”

“Violence between the government and the rebels continues.”

“But by the early 2000s, we were seeing fewer games like DOOM that dealt in the fantasia of ultraviolence and more games that tried to replicate the everyday violence of military encounters.”

“The translation does violence to the original novel.”

“Racism, classism, sexism, ethnocentrism, and heterosexism are also wicked problems of structural violence […]”

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