Meaning & Definition of Violence in English
English⟶
Violence
/vaɪələns/
noun
1. 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"
synonym:
- violence,
- force
2. The property of being wild or turbulent
- "The storm's violence"
synonym:
- ferocity,
- fierceness,
- furiousness,
- fury,
- vehemence,
- violence,
- wildness
3. A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
synonym:
- violence
Examples of using
Health groups have called for an urgent summit to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence, which has reached epidemic proportions throughout the country.
She didn't live a single day of her life without violence.
Anybody who once proclaimed violence to be his method, must inexorably choose lie as his principle.