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1. (adj.) violent
acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force.
2. violent
characterized by or caused by injurious or destructive force:
a violent death.
3. violent
intense in force, effect, etc.; severe; extreme:
violent pain.
4. violent
roughly or immoderately vehement or ardent; furious:
violent passions.
Etymology: (1300–50; < L violentus=vī(s) force, violence +-olentus, -ulent)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) violent
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
"a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
2. (adj) violent
effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
"a violent death"
3. (adj) violent, wild
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
4. (adj) fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
"fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
5. (adj) crimson, red, violent
characterized by violence or bloodshed
"writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
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1. (adjective) violent
involving the use of physical force against people or things
violent behavior/crime; a violent death
2. violent
(of a person) aggressive and likely to use violence
a violent gang member
3. violent
severe, forceful, and causing damage
violent storms
4. violent
involving anger and other strong emotions
a violent disagreement; violently assaulted; violently criticized; a baby vomiting violently
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) violent
moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease
2. (adj) violent
acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech
3. (adj) violent
produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal
4. (noun) violent
an assailant
5. (verb) violent
to urge with violence
6. (verb) violent
to be violent; to act violently
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Sense: having, using, or showing, great force
There was a violent storm at sea; a violent earthquake; He has a violent temper.
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 Afrikaans: onstuimig, kragtig |
 Arabic: عَنيف، قاسٍ |
 Bulgarian: жесток |
 Brazilian: violento |
 Czech: prudký |
 German: heftig |
 Danish: kraftig; voldsom |
 Greek: βίαιος, σφοδρός |
 Spanish: violento |
 Estonian: äge |
 Farsi: شدید؛ سخت |
 Finnish: ankara |
 French: violent |
 Hebrew: אַלִים |
 Hindi: हिंसात्मक |
 Croatian: divlji, nasilan |
 Hungarian: heves |
 Indonesian: kuat, kasar |
 Icelandic: ofsalegur |
 Italian: violento |
 Japanese: 激しい |
 Korean: 격렬한 |
 Lithuanian: siautėjantis, smarkus, ūm |
 Latvian: spēcīgs; stiprs |
 Malay: kuat; bergelora; ganas; k |
 Dutch: woest |
 Norwegian: voldsom, voldelig |
 Polish: gwałtowny |
 Persian: شدید؛ سخت |
 Pashto: زورور، سخت: له بريده وتلى |
 Portuguese: violento |
 Romanian: violent |
 Russian: сильный; неистовый |
 Slovak: prudký |
 Slovenian: silovit |
 Serbian: snažan |
 Swedish: våldsam |
 Thai: รุนแรง |
 Turkish: şiddetli, kırıcı, haşin |
 Taiwanese: 強烈的 |
 Ukrainian: сильний; шалений |
 Urdu: سخت، زوردار |
 Vietnamese: hung dữ |
 Chinese: 强烈的 |
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