Noun: violence vI-(u-)lun(t)s
- An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
"he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one";
- force
- The property of being wild or turbulent
"the storm's violence";
- ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness, vehemency
- A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
"The violence of the riot left many buildings damaged and people injured"
Derived forms: violences
Type of: aggression, hostility, intensity, intensiveness, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval
Encyclopedia: Violence