Definition of violence

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Violence (n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force..

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Assault :: Assault (n.) To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces..
Slay :: Slay (v. t.) To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy..
Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. t.) To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place..
Hurl :: Hurl (v. t.) To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance..
Fraction :: Fraction (n.) The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence..
Force :: Force (n.) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Euripus :: Euripus (n.) A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Ravish :: Ravish (v. t.) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh..
Assassination :: Assassination (n.) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Explosion :: Explosion (n.) A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc..
Irrupted :: Irrupted (a.) Broken with violence.
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
Violent :: Violent (v. t.) To urge with violence.
Pellmell :: Pellmell (adv.) In utter confusion; with confused violence.
Breakwater :: Breakwater (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence..
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