violent

Definition of violent in English English dictionary: Intensely vivid
The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.; Involving physical conflict
We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.; Involving extreme force or motion
A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.; Likely to use physical force
The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.; {s} using unwarranted injurious force, brutal; strong, forceful; tempestuous, raging; vehement; acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike; {a} forcible, furious, outrageous, sharp; A violent film or television programme contains a lot of scenes which show violence. It was the most violent film that I have ever seen; Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal; marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"; To urge with violence; A violent death is painful and unexpected, usually because the person who dies has been murdered. an innocent man who had met a violent death. + violently vio·lent·ly a girl who had died violently nine years earlier; An assailant; A violent event happens suddenly and with great force. A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground. + violently vio·lent·ly A nearby volcano erupted violently, sending out a hail of molten rock and boiling mud; To be violent; to act violently; If someone is violent, or if they do something which is violent, they use physical force or weapons to hurt, injure, or kill other people. A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes. violent anti-government demonstrations Sometimes the men get violent. + violently vio·lent·ly Some opposition activists have been violently attacked; Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech; If you describe something as violent, you mean that it is said, done, or felt very strongly. Violent opposition to the plan continues He had violent stomach pains. an outburst of violent emotion. = intense + violently vio·lent·ly He was violently scolded; (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"; characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode; Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease; effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death"; forcible; rigorous; violous; rapeful
violent death: rough death, death resulting from forceful acts
violent disorder: violently angry and destructive behavior
violent disturbances: violent rioting, violent disorderly behavior
violent hatred: deep hostility, great disliking
violent language: verbal abuse, attack made with words, hostile language
violent movies: movies which have much aggression and terror
violent person: person who uses physical force so as to injure
violent resistance: strategy of warding off an enemy by violent means
violent scenes: parts of a movie in which are seen acts of violence
violent storm: powerful storm, forceful storm
non-violent: Sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence
non-violent: Opposed to violence
non-violent: Without violence
violently: {a} with force or fury, vehemently, fast
Violently: rapfully
Violently: strainably
non-violent: non-violent in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use nonviolent1. Non-violent methods of bringing about change do not involve hurting people or causing damage. King was a worldwide symbol of non-violent protest against racial injustice I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent. violent + non-violence non-violence His commitment to non-violence led to a Nobel peace prize in 1989
non-violent: You can refer to someone or something such as a crime as non-violent when that person or thing does not hurt or injure people. non-violent offenders violent. not using or not involving violence peaceful
non-violent act: deed which does not involve violence
non-violent resistance: method of protest which does not involve violence against the enemy, civil disobedience
violently: In a violent manner
violently: by force, with violence
violently: in a violent manner; "they attacked violently"
violently: in a violent manner; "they attacked violently