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Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt or damage
“New laws have been passed in a bid to tackle increasing levels of violence against hospital staff.”
Great physical force
“The violence with which he would sock his opponent in the boxing ring would stun many onlookers.”
The intensity in a destructive natural force
“The violence of the wind had lessened, though the air remained redolent with the smell of dust.”
The intensity or passion of an emotion
“He used every means in his power to render himself agreeable to her, and gave her every demonstration of the violence of his passion.”
An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object
A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance
Hostile or aggressive behavior
A feeling of great displeasure or anger
Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will
The act or state of physically fighting
An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury
The consequences or negative results of a thing or event
The condition or quality of being impetuous
Acts characteristic of a bandit
A physical and noisy fight or confrontation due to a disagreement
The act by which something is trashed
A direct assault by troops on a fortified place
Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity
The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda
The state or fact of being crude, vulgar, or generally lacking in class or decorum
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