violence
noun
[ ˈvʌɪəl(ə)ns ]
• behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
• "violence erupted in protest marches"
Similar:
brutality,
brute force,
roughness,
ferocity,
fierceness,
savagery,
cruelty,
sadism,
barbarity,
barbarousness,
brutishness,
murderousness,
bloodthirstiness,
ruthlessness,
inhumanity,
heartlessness,
pitilessness,
mercilessness,
strong-arm tactics,
ferity,
forcefulness,
force,
full force,
power,
powerfulness,
strength,
might,
destructiveness,
• strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force.
• "I was surprised at the violence of my feelings"
Similar:
intensity,
severity,
strength,
force,
great force,
vehemence,
powerfulness,
power,
potency,
ferocity,
forcefulness,
wildness,
frenziedness,
fury,
storminess,
tempestuousness,
turbulence,
lack of control,
lack of restraint,
passionateness,
fervency,
ardency,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’ (see violent).
