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violent

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/

The English word “violent” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Involving extreme force or motion.
  2. Involving physical conflict.
  3. Likely to use physical force.
  4. Intensely vivid.
  5. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  6. Acute, extreme, sharp.

verb

  1. To urge with violence.

noun

  1. An assailant.

Etymology

From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

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