Meaning of violent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Involving extreme force or motion.
2. Involving physical conflict.
3. first-person singular present indicative of violentar
4. Likely to use physical force.
5. Intensely vivid.
6. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
7. Acute, extreme, sharp.

Equivalents

Examples

“A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.”

“We would rather negotiate⟳, but we will use⟳ violent means if necessary.”

“Looking at hundreds of campaigns over the last⟳ century, Chenoweth found that nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve⟳ their goals as violent campaigns.”

“The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.”

“The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.”

“We have⟳ already observed, that he was a very good-natured fellow, and he hath himself declared the violent attachment he had to the person and character of Jones […]”

“These violent delights have⟳ violent ends.”

“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth and no violent state by his own⟳ Maxim, can be perpetual,”

“Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.”

“Palace made it 3-1 on 81 minutes, Nketiah nipping in to finish⟳ nicely, then doing a no-celebration pose in front of the away fans. Nketiah grew up a couple of miles from the Den. It felt, at the very least, like⟳ a neighbourly overture, and in violent contrast to the opening act at the other end⟳.”

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