| 单词 | violence |
| 释义 | violence (once / 134 pages) n Violence is aggression, usually physical aggression that causes harm. Beating someone up and attacking a defenseless village are both forms of violence. From wars and acts of terrorism to bar brawls, violence is unfortunately very common in the world — and when there's violence, people get hurt. But you'll see a lot of organized violence and acts of aggression in sports: boxing and football are extremely violent, which is why people who play those sports get so many injuries. We can also say that something powerful or wild happens with violence, like a destructive tornado. WORD FAMILYviolence: violences+/nonviolent: nonviolence, nonviolently/violent: nonviolent, violence, violenter, violentest, violently USAGE EXAMPLESWorth reflecting on is the city’s upswell in violence last year that followed political protests against law enforcement and a pullback in policing. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) This violence began on Sunday and ended 17 hours later. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) About 60 percent of last year’s homicide victims were shot to death and more than one-quarter of them were related to domestic violence. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. Hypo|Hyper rage violent state of the elements Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) 2n an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) Syn|Hypo|Hyper force domestic violence violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women road rageviolence exhibited by drivers in traffic public violence, riota public act of violence by an unruly mob race riota riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community aggression, hostility violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked 3n the property of being wild or turbulent the storm's violence Syn|Hypo|Hyper ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness savageness, savagery the property of being untamed and ferocious intensity, intensiveness high level or degree; the property of being intense |
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