roughly or immoderately vehement or ardent: violent passions.
furious in impetuosity, energy, etc.: violent haste.
of, relating to, or constituting a distortion of meaning or fact.
Origin of violent
1300–50; Middle English <Latin violentus, equivalent to vi-, shortening (before a vowel) of base of vīs force, violence + -olentus, variant (after a vowel) of -ulentus-ulent
More progressive activists have pushed the 8 to Abolition to move toward less violent emergency response systems.
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This directs a disproportionate amount of attention across the entire media ecosystem to violent protesters.
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets|Bobbie Johnson|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
According to a colleague, Legagneur was working on an independent project in Grand-Ravine, known for high rates of violent gang activity.
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As violent protests against police brutality have roiled the country, so has a debate over the looting and property damage they have left in their wake.
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Some followers have already committed destructive, sometimes violent, acts in the name of their beliefs.
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Forget those silly “games played with the ball”; they are far “too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.”
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While violent offenses are dramatically down in Bed Stuy, pockets of violence persist here.
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On and offline, offenses ranged from awful Tinder messages to violent threats on Twitter to street stalking.
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And, also, the violent version is, I think a little bit too much for a comedy.
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Along with this violent growth, Boko Haram has increasingly targeted women.
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One bolt struck near with a tremendous shock and the air was driven in violent waves into the very mouth of the cave.
The Keepers of the Trail|Joseph A. Altsheler
A quarrel followed, in which Comte was so violent that Saint-Simon had to put the youth out of his house.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8|Elbert Hubbard
Instead, however, of their laughter lessening, the cachinnations became so violent that I began to feel seriously alarmed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 21, 1841|Various
How Ishtar came to take on so violent a character is not altogether clear.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria|Morris Jastrow
It commenced on the 8th of July and gave occasion to a violent scene.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850|Various
British Dictionary definitions for violent
violent
/ (ˈvaɪələnt) /
adjective
marked or caused by great physical force or violencea violent stab
(of a person) tending to the use of violence, esp in order to injure or intimidate others
marked by intensity of any kinda violent clash of colours
characterized by an undue use of force; severe; harsh
caused by or displaying strong or undue mental or emotional forcea violent tongue
tending to distort the meaning or intenta violent interpretation of the text
Derived forms of violent
violently, adverb
Word Origin for violent
C14: from Latin violentus, probably from vīs strength