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Violence

Definition: Violence

Violence

Noun

1. An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one".

2. The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence".

3. A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "violence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Violence

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

To dream that any person does you violence, denotes that you will be overcome by enemies.
If you do some other persons violence, you will lose fortune and favor by your reprehensible way of conducting your affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Violence

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Violence is deliberate behaviour resulting in physical injury to other human beings, or more broadly to other animals as well, and is often, but not necessarily, associated with aggression. Some forms of violence are socially and legally sanctioned, others are crimes. Different societies apply different standards relating to approved and non-approved forms of violence.

Forms of violence include:

James W. Prescott did a study about the cause of violence in the anthropological sense.

also see http://www.violence.de for more information about James W. Prescott's work.

Cruelty is unethical violence, also psychological kinds.

See also:

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Synonyms: Violence

Synonyms: ferocity (n), fierceness (n), force (n), furiousness (n), fury (n), vehemence (n), wildness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Violence

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Excitability

Violence; fierceness; Adjective: rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy, frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion, raging passion; anger.

Illegality

Arbitrariness; Adjective: antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry.

Inexpedience

Maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite; (scourge); do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

Laxity

Anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; loosening; Verb: remission; dead letter, brutum fulmen, misrule; license, licentiousness; insubordination; (disobedience); lynch law; (illegality); nihilism, reign of violence.

Nonobservance

Infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through.

Resentment

Burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words.

Undueness

Infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to.

Violence

Phrase: furor arma ministrat; "blown with restless violence round about the pendent world".

Noun: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness; Adjective: effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump, riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Violence

English words defined with "violence": public violenceTo do violence on, To do violence to. (references)
Specialty definitions using "violence": aseptic bursitisBABE, Bears are caught by Honey, Bushrangerscause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, coal mine explosion, coal mine ignition, correction officerdomestic violenceendangering the life or health of anotherfamily violenceHoney better than VinegarKu-Klux-KlanMan of BloodOut-Herod HerodPantomime, PATROL CONDUCTOR, post-traumatic stress disorder, Prince Rupert's Dropsreparteescuffing grind, STAMP, strongarm, strongarm man, strongarmerTEACHER, EMOTIONALLY IMPAIREDwoman battering, woman beating. (references)
Etymologies containing "violence": Outwrest. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Violence" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (aggro, bitterness, fierceness, force, fury, heating, highness, impetuosity, roughness, rowdyism, thuggery, violence).

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Modern Usage: Violence

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Violence and technologynot good bedfellows (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

Come see the violence inherent in the system (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

At the first signs of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor (The Day the Earth Stood Still; writing credit: Harry Bates; Edmund H. North)

Until mankind is peaceful enough not to have violence on the news, there's no point in taking it out of shows that need it for entertainment value (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.)

Here at Itchy and Scratchy Land, we're just as concerned with violence as you are. That's why we're always careful to show the consequences of deadly mayhem, so that we may educate as well as horrify (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lyrics

Violence is spread worldwide and theres families on the street (I Believe; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)

Words like violence (Enjoy the Silence; performing artist: Depeche Mode)

And after all the violence and double talk (Walk Of Life; performing artist: Dire Straits)

I'm tired of the violence (Special; performing artist: Garbage)

The sneaky silent men the punk domestic violence men (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

Movie/TV Titles

Random Acts of Violence (2002)

Le Hasard et la violence (1974)

The Question of Television Violence (1972)

Man of Violence (1971)

Part 1 Violence In the Cinema (1971)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Violence

DomainTitle

Books

  • Religion and Domestic Violence in Early New England: The Memoirs of Abigail Abbot Bailey (Religion in North America) (reference)

  • Getting Through to Your Kids: Talking to Children About Sex, Drugs and Alcohol, Safety, Violence, Death, Smoking, Self-Esteem, and Other Critical iss (reference)

  • Abortion clinic violence : hearings before the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, April 1 and June 10, 1993 (reference)

  • Helping the Abuser: Intervening Effectively in Family Violence (reference)

  • It's My Life Now : Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Violence

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Photo Album: Violence

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Nova eruptions by dying stars were thought to be simple, predictable acts of violence. ... Credit: NASA.

Il y a violence, lorsqu'elle est de nature a faire impression sur une personne raisonnable. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Violence attacking civil rights militants. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women of India carry on Gandhi salt campaign: wives of leaders active as violence grows. Credit: Library of Congress.

Trial by violence. Credit: Library of Congress.

J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas. Hill House, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Your vote will improve Japan : is there any country with more freedom than Japan? our party will protect this freedom and not allow violence or destruction. Credit: Library of Congress.

"We have a responsibility to the victims of crime and violence ..." Robert F. Kennedy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Christmas drive : toys, clothing, food for victims of the violence in Northern Ireland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Violence
 

""Urban violence 2"" by Tina Lorien
Commentary: "This used to be a chocolate factory - now playground for whomever! In the suburbs of Copnhagen."
"Seascape" by Priit Kallas
Commentary: "Tranquil adjective: calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, anxiety, etc."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Violence".

PlayCaption
Punch; punching bag; violence; violent; fighting; fight; hit; hitting; bash; belt; biff; blow; bop; box; buffet; clip; clout; cuff; dig; jab; jog; knock; lollop; nudge; one-two; plug; plunk; poke; prod; pummel; rap; shot; slam; slap; slug; slug; smack; sm.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Violence

AuthorQuotation

Boyes

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

E. M. Cioran

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

Francis Jeffrey

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.

H. Rap Brown

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

Julius Kambarge Nyerere

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Lucretius

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Max Stirner

The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.

Norman O. Brown

Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Violence

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

First, As, in some countries, the person of the prince by the law is sacred; and so, whatever he commands or does, his person is still free from all question or violence, not liable to force, or any judicial censure or condemnation. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Damage caused by Germany or her allies to civilian victims of acts of cruelty, violence or maltreatment (including injuries to life or health as a consequence of imprisonment, deportation, internment or evacuation, of exposure at sea or of being forced to labour), wherever arising, and to the surviving dependents of such victims. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1956)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Violence

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

And as to being expelled with violence, that event would necessarily come first in this case

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

Douglas Adams

Zaphod screamed a diminished fifth himself, dropped his light and sat heavily on the floor, or rather on a body which had been lying there undisturbed for six months and which reacted to being sat on by exploding with great violence. Zaphod wondered what to do about all this, and after a brief but hectic internal debate decided that passing out would be the very thing

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

To attempt to realise it, the utmost violence must be imagined in the presence of the most extreme mildness

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The very frequency and violence of temptations showed him at last the truth of what he had heard about the trials of the saints

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

To make an act of tragic violence.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I would have pursued my journey, but he placed himself directly in the way, yet looking with a very mild aspect, never offering the least violence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Violence

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Domestic violence affects children and adults of both genders. (references)

They can lead to school failure, family conflicts, drug abuse, violence, or suicide. (references)

In summary, the extent to which steroid abuse contributes to violence and behavioral disorders is unknown. (references)

Business

Germany supported the appointment of a special rapporteur on violence against women at the UNHCR. (references)

Conflicts between rival prison groups, often involved in drug trafficking, continued to spark lethal violence. (references)

Chinese sociologists note that there has been no detailed research on the extent of physical violence against women. (references)

Children

Brazil

Youth are both victims and perpetrators of violence. (references)

Somalia

Children remain among the chief victims of the continuing violence. (references)

Japan

Teachers also increasingly are becoming the targets of student violence. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

Laws prohibit hate speech and incitement to violence. (references)

Burma

An estimated 10 Muslims and 2 Buddhists were killed in the violence. (references)

Georgia

In March Parliament passed a resolution condemning religious violence. (references)

Discrimination

Congo

Ethnic and regional differences continued; however, there was no organized civil violence during the year. (references)

Brazil

A prominent example of violence directed at homosexuals occurred in Sao Paulo in February 2000, when Edson Neris da Silva was beaten to death by a skinhead gang after having been seen holding hands with another man. (references)

Kenya

There is credible evidence that the Government sponsored large-scale ethnic violence during the early 1990's, and there were some indications that some government officials have at least tolerated and in some instances instigated ethnic violence on a smaller scale since that time. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

In Papua, violence has been less frequent. (references)

Germany

The vast majority of Germans condemn such violence. (references)

Mauritius

Strikes and politically motivated violence are rare. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

This subjects women to violence and sexual abuse. (references)

Austria

Some of the violence appeared to be racially motivated. (references)

South Africa

Taxi violence continued to be prevalent in KwaZulu-Natal. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

The nonaborignal fishermen sparked violence by cutting Burnt Church lobster trap lines and damaging aboriginal property. (references)

El Salvador

These small indigenous groups exist in the poorest parts of the rural countryside where employment opportunities are few and domestic violence is a problem. (references)

Bangladesh

Bengali inhabitants in the CHT increased from 3 percent of the region's population in 1947 to approximately 50 percent of the area's population of 1 million persons in 1997. The Shanti-Bahini, a tribal group, had waged a low-level conflict in the CHT from the early 1970's until the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord with the Government in December 1997. During the periods of violence, all of those involved--indigenous tribes, settlers, and security forces--accused each other of human rights violations. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Police also fail to intervene to prevent violence against Roma. (references)

Nigeria

Between 10,000 and 15,000 persons were displaced by the violence. (references)

Comoros

This campaign resulted in threats, but there were no reports of violence. (references)

Political Economy

Benin

They have not been marred by violence. (references)

India

Violence in Jammu and Kashmir continued to be a problem. (references)

Senegal

No major political violence has been reported in Senegal. (references)

Political Rights

Mozambique

Leaders of both parties called for an end to the violence. (references)

Bangladesh

Elections often are marred by violence, intimidation of voters, and vote rigging. (references)

Bangladesh

In response to the increased violence, the caretaker Government deployed 50,000 troops. (references)

Trade

Poland

OPIC can insure U.S. investments against political violence, expropriation, and inconvertibility of local currency. (references)

Argentina

Investment Insurance: Provides insurance against the risks of currency inconvertibility, expropriation, and loss of assets or income caused by political violence. (references)

West Bank

However as a result of the current crisis many companies located there have closed shop due to violence in the vicinity of the GIE and road closures that have prevented the transport of goods and people. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

House burglaries and carjackings can result in violence. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

It is uncommon for the carjackers to engage in gratuitous violence or to commit sexual assault. (references)

Egypt

While incidents of violence are rare, purse snatching, pick-pocketing and petty theft are not uncommon. (references)

Women

Poland

Police intervene in cases of domestic violence. (references)

Rwanda

Wife beating and domestic violence occur frequently. (references)

Afghanistan

Women accused of adultery also were subjected to violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Slovenia

The women reportedly are subject to violence. (references)

Panama

None of the strikes led to widespread violence. (references)

Turkey

Some violence against union members continued during the year. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Violence

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andrew Card

We would like to move forward with the peace process, but it's not realistic today because the level of violence has increased dramatically over the last several months.

Linda Fairstein

I am always writing, but the violence issue is my passion, and I spend a lot of nonprofit time doing work on that issue.

Marla Hanson

Well, I had a hard time accepting that right away, but I think what bothered people weren't so much the scars but what they represented, the violence. I think that really bothered people.

Robert Novak

Mr. Speaker, this week we've seen further violence in the Middle East, Palestinian terrorists, suicide bombers, as well as the Israeli tanks moving in further and occupying the West Bank.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Violence

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801If that solitary suffrage can be obtained by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror, intrigue, or venality, the Government may not be the choice of the American people, but of foreign nations.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Licentious blockades, irregularly enlisted or impressed sea men, and the property of honest commerce seized with violence, and even plundered under legal pretenses, are disorders never separable from the conflicts of war upon the ocean.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Communism maintains that social wrongs can be corrected only by violence.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969But violence will never bring progress.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Money should be available to states to establish programs to help the victims of domestic violence.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Still others hesitate to venture out on the streets for fear of criminal violence.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001The problem of violence is an American problem.

George W. Bush

2001-2005All fathers and mothers, in all societies, want their children to be educated, and live free from poverty and violence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Violence

"Violence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.83% of the time. "Violence" is used about 5,449 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.83%5,3851,817
Noun (proper)1.15%6342,364
Noun (common)0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5,449N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Violence

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "violence".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
EshekN/ABiblical

Violence

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Violence

Expressions using "violence": act of violence by violence do violence do violence to do violence to smth. Domestic Violence family violence mob violence public violence reign of violence robbery with violence To do violence on To do violence to use violence against smb. video violence violence of his temper violence of the contrast violence of the wind without resort to violence. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "violence": violence-affected, violence-free, violence-grievance-attempted, violence-monitoring, violence-prone, violence-related, violence-ridden, violence-threatening.

Ending with "violence": anti-violence, counter-violence, non-violence, sex-and-violence.

Containing "violence": grievance-violence-remedy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Violence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

domestic violence

2,077

gun violence

62

violence

1,163

sex and violence

52

school violence

558

child violence

52

workplace violence

343

dating violence

52

media violence

197

movie violence

51

television violence

173

violence in video game

50

teen violence

154

television violence child

48

video game violence

150

violence prevention

46

tv violence

143

domestic violence and child

45

gang violence

142

music and violence

43

violence in the media

138

domestic shelter violence

37

family violence

138

school violence statistics

34

domestic violence statistics

122

juvenile violence

33

violence in the workplace

112

cycle of violence

32

violence in school

111

violence in music

31

violence against woman

97

teen dating violence

30

violence in sports

90

sports violence

30

youth violence

87

teenage violence

30

domestic picture violence

72

act against violence woman

29

law domestic violence

63

cartoon violence

28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Violence

Language Translations for "violence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, zest, zip), violencë, përdhunim (rape, ravishment, violation), përdhunë, keqpërdorim (ill-treatment, misapplication), forcë (coercion, effect, emphasis, energy, force, intensity, might, mightiness, muscle, nerve, pith, potency, power, puissance, strain, strength, vigor, vigour), dhunë (force, forcing, outrage, viciousness), dëm (damage, Dent, detriment, disadvantage, harm, impairment, injury, insalubrity, lesion, maleficence, mischief, mischievousness, noxiousness, prejudice, scathe), cenim (encroachment, hurt, invasion). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قوة (ability, agency, arm, authority, birr, capacity, clout, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vehemence, vigor, vigour, virility, virtue), ‏قسوة (asperity, austerity, cruelty, hardheartedness, hardness, harshness, inexorability, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, rigidity, rigor, rigour, ruggedness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency), ‏عنف (blow up, check, chide, convulse, expostulate, fierceness, force, heating, impetuosity, rant, rebuke, roughness, rowdyism, rudeness, scold, smarten, thuggery, vehemence, whip off), ‏التحريف, ‏إغتصاب لفتاة (dishonor, dishonour), ‏إتقاد في الشعور, ‏أذى (disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour, hardship, harm, hurst, injury, injustice, insult, lesion, mayhem, trauma, wickedness, zenana), ‏شدة (adversity, exaltation, ferocity, harshness, hindrance, intensity, misery, need, rigor, solidity, strength, temperature, vehemence, warmth), ‏بطش (assault, force, valor, valour). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ярост (Bate, desperation, frenzy, fury, ire, madness, paddywhack, passion, rabidity, rage, rave, tear, wax), стремителност (impetuosity, impetus), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), ревност (eagerness, fervency, heartburning, jealousy, mettle, zealotry), несдържаност (incontinence, intemperance), насилие (coercion, force, heat, outrage), жар (ardour, embers, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, ginger, glow, gusto, heat, incandescence, mustard, vehemence, warmth, zest), буйност (boisterousness, ebullience, ebulliency, impetuosity), извращение (contortion, perversion), извращаване (contortion, distortion). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

暴力 (force, violent). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zuřivost (ferocity, fierceness, frenzy, furiosity, furor, furore, fury, rabidity, rage), urážka (affront, brickbat, contumely, injury, insult, offence, outrage), prudkost (effervescence, effervescency, ferocity, fierceness, impetuosity, intensity, rapidity, vehemence, viciousness, vigor, vigour, virulence), porušení (betrayal of trust, breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, violation), násilí (force). (various references)

   

Danish

  

voldelig handling, udoevelse af vold, anvendelse af vold. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

geweldpleging, geweld. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

perforto. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

غصب (Usurpation), تندی (Acerbity, Acrimony, Discourtesy, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Kick, Pace, Pungency, Rapidity, Rigor, Speed, Vehemence, Velocity, Virulence), سختی (Accolade, Austerity, Buckram, Difficulty, Duration, Duress, Granite, Hardship, Implacability, Inflexibility, Privation, Resistance, Rigidity, Severity, Solidity, Stress, Tenacity), زور (Dint, Energy, Hustle, Might, Power, Push, Strain, Strength, Stunt, Thrust, Tuck, Vigor, Vim, Vis, Vivacity, Zing, Zip), خشونت (Discourtesy, Loathloth, Rigor, Severity, Stricture, Truculence), اشتلم , شدت (Acrimony, Duress, Extremity, Gravity, Intensity, Severity, Stringency, Vehemence), بی حرمتی (Affront, Disrespect). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

väkivalta. (various references)

   

French

  

violence. (various references)

   

German

  

Heftigkeit (acuteness, Ardor, ardour, bitterness, ferocity, fierceness, hastiness, heaviness, intenseness, intensity, severeness, severity, tempestuousness, vehemence, vehemency, vigor, vigour, virulence, warmth, weight, wildness), Gewalttätigkeit (rough stuff, rowdyism), Gewalt (ability, authority, coercion, control, force, grip, hold, mightiness, power, strength, vigour). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βία (constraint, expedition, force, precipitance, rush). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תקיפות (assertiveness, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, vehemence, vigour), פריצות (degeneration, insolence, lawlessness, licentiousness, obscenity, orgy, vice), עושק (exploitation, extortion, oppression, rapacious, robbery), חמסנות (cruelty, oppression, rapacity, robbery, usurpation), חמס (cruelty, injustice, oppression, rapine), אלימות (aggression, terror, terrorism), חזקה (force, might, strength), אנס (compulsion, duress, rape, violation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

erõszak (force, might, outrage), erőszak (big stick, compulsion, dint, force, outrage, violation), durvaság (barbarism, bluntness, boorishness, brusqueness, brutality, coarseness, crassness, earthiness, foulness, roughness, scurrility). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kekerasan, kehebatan (intensity (of excitement). (various references)

   

Italian

  

violenza (outrageousness, roughness, thuggery, wildness). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

強奪 (extortion, pillage, plunder). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おうぼう (despotism, high-handedness, oppression, tyranny), バイオレンス , しれつ (fierceness, row of teeth, severity), きょうこう (consternation, crime, enforcement, famine, firm, forcing, height of a mirror stand, murder, panic, poor crops, Pope, scare, strong, stubborn, thoracic cavity, thorax, unbending, unyielding, vigorous), ぼうきょ (lack of discrimination, reckless action, unreasonable actions), ぼうりょく (mayhem), ぼうあく, かがい (assault, damaging, evil, extracurricular, harm, heavy taxation, mischief, numerically inferior force, perigone, prostitution quarter, red-light district, small military force, taxation), ごうだつ (extortion, pillage, plunder), ろうぜき (confusion, disorder, outrage, riot), ゲバルト , げきれつ (fervent, fierceness, furious, intenseness, severity, vehement, violent), げきじん (intenseness, keenness, severity, vehemence). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

폭력 (harassment). (various references)

   

Manx

  

raghlid (rashness). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

overtredelse (contravention, infringement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iolencevay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

violência (bluster, brunt, fierceness, rabidity, rage, rampage, turbulence, virulence). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

violenţã (excess, fierceness, force, roughness, rudeness, severity), vehemenţã (acrimony, bitterness, vehemence), silnicie (compulsion), furie (anger, fierceness, frenzy, fury, hastiness, ire, madness, mood, rage, shrew, temper, termagant, wax, wrath), forţã (drive, energy, force, greatness, influence, locomotive power, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, power, punch, sinew, strength, stress, vigor, vigour, vim, weight), exces (abuse, excess, intemperance, nimiety, redundance, redundancy, riot, riotousness, superfluity, surfeit, transgression), brutalitate (brutality, cruelty, roughness, savagery). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сила (arm, efficacy, energy, force, force of, forcefulness, libido, lustiness, might, nerve, pitch, pith, potency, power, strength, strengths, vehemence, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue), расправа (reprise, shrift), насилие;сила, насилие (assault, brute force, force, outrage, rapine, violation), жестокость (atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, devilry, ferocity, fierceness, inhumanity, savagery, tyranny). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

lamh-làidir (the strong hand; inflected on the), farrach, fòirneart (force, oppression), fòireigneadh (oppression), ainneart (force, oppression). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zulum (oppression), nasilje (force), napastvovanje, jačina (intensity, power, raciness, rankness, severity, sharpness, sinew, strenght, substantiality, tenacity, volume), žestina (force, rage, severities, sharpness, vehemence). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

violencia (fury, intemperance, mayhem, rudeness, savageness, savagery, sharpness, wildness). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

våldsamhet (brunt, ferocity, furry, intensity), våld (force, grasp). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zorlama (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, enforcement, force, impellent, pressure, push, screw, strain, urge), zorbalık (despotism, extortion, fist law, headiness, outrage, overbearance, rough stuff, ruffianism, tyranny), tecâvüz (aggression, an outrage upon decency, assault, breaking in, desecration, encroachment, incursion, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, offence, offense, outrage, rape, trespass), şiddet (acuteness, edge, fierceness, force, forcefulness, harshness, heaviness, impetuosity, impetus, intenseness, intension, intensity, keenness, lustiness, rigor, rigour, rough stuff, severity, sharpness, smartness, sting, stringency, tempest, vehemence, virulence), ırza tecavüz (an outrage upon decency, criminal assault, incident assault, rape). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

несамовитість (delirium, ecstasy, furor, irresponsibility, tear), насильство (assault, coercion, outrage, rapine), бешкетування. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính hung dữ tính chất quá khích bạo lực, sự mãnh liệt (ardency, vehemence, vehemency), sự dữ dội (keenness, rudeness, vehemence, vehemency), sự cưỡng bức. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

trawster (oppression), trais (force, oppression), gorddin (attack, oppression), angerdd (ardor, force, heat, passion, peculiarity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Violence

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

ne. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

multivolam, vi, vim, vimque, violentia, violentiae, violentiam, vires, viri, viribus, virique, viris, virisque, viritas, virium, virum, vis. (various references)

Old English450-1100

ecghete. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Violence

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 4, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOide gar sitountai sita asebeiaV oinw de paranomw mequskontai
Latin405VulgateComedunt panem impietatis et vinum iniquitatis bibunt
Middle English1395WyclifThei eten the bred of vnpitousnesse, and the win of wickidnesse drinken.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Basic English1964OgdenThe bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Violence

LanguageProverbs Chapter 4, Verse 17
CebuanoKay sila magakaon sa tinapay sa kadautan, Ug magainum sa vino sa pagpanlupig.
Chinese因 為 他 們 以 奸 惡 喫 餅 、 以 強 暴 喝 酒 。
CroatianJer jedu kruh opaèine i piju vino nasilja.
DanishThi de æder Gudløsheds Brød og drikker Urettens Vin.
DutchWant zij eten brood der goddeloosheid, en drinken wijn van enkel geweld.
FinnishNiin he syövät leipänään jumalattomuutta, juovat viininään väkivallan tekoja.
FrenchCar c`est le pain de la méchanceté qu`ils mangent, C`est le vin de la violence qu`ils boivent.
GermanDenn sie nähren sich von gottlosem Brot und trinken vom Wein des Frevels.
Haitian CreoleSe nan fè mechanste yo jwenn manje pou yo manje. Se nan fè moun mal yo jwenn diven pou yo bwè.
HungarianMert az istentelenségnek étkét eszik, és az erõszaktételnek borát iszszák.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKejahatan dan kekejaman adalah seperti makanan dan minuman bagi mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena mereka itu makan rezeki kejahatan serta minum air anggur kekerasan belaka.
Italianmangiano il pane dell'empietà e bevono il vino della violenza.
MaoriNo te kino hoki te taro e kainga ana e ratou, no te nanakia te waina e inumia ana e ratou.
NorwegianFor de eter ugudelighets brød og drikker voldsgjernings vin.
PortuguesePorque comem o pão da impiedade, e bebem o vinho da violência.   
Rumaniancqci ei mqnkncq pkne nelegiuitq, wi beau vin stors cu sila.
RussianЙВП ПОЙ ЕДСФ ИМЕВ ВЕЪЪБЛПОЙС Й РШАФ ЧЙОП ИЙЭЕОЙС.
SpanishPues comen pan de impiedad, y beben vino de violencia.
SwedishJa, ogudaktighet är det bröd som de äta, och våld är det vin som de dricka.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Violence

Derivations

Words beginning with "violence": violences. (additional references)

Words ending with "violence": antiviolence, counterviolence, nonviolence, ultraviolence. (additional references)

Words containing "violence": counterviolences, nonviolences, ultraviolences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Violence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nikolenka, violacea, violance, violen, voilence, volence. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Violence"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "violence" (pronounced vī"uluns)
7v ī" u l u n snonviolence.
5-u l u n sambivalence, ambulance, benevolence, equivalence, excellence, insolence, opulence, pestilence, petulance, prevalence, turbulence, vigilance, virulence.
4-l u n sbalance, condolence, counterbalance, imbalance, parlance, resemblance, semblance, silence, surveillance, unbalance, Valence.
3-u n sabsence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, belligerence, beneficence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, essence, evanescence, evidence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, utterance, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Violence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-n-o-v"

-1 letter: cineole.

-2 letters: cineol, cloven, elevon, enolic, evince, novice, oleine, veloce.

-3 letters: cline, clone, clove, colin, coven, covin, eloin, envoi, leone, levin, lieve, liven, nicol, niece, nieve, novel, oleic, olein, olive, ovine, voice, voile.

-4 letters: ceil, cine, cion, clon, coil, coin, cole, cone, coni, cove, enol, even, evil, icon, leno, levo, lice, lien, line, lino.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-n-o-v"
 

+1 letter: covelline, violences.

 

+2 letters: covellines, solvencies.

 

+3 letters: conceivable, conventicle, convertible, covalencies, nonelective, nonviolence.

 

+4 letters: antiviolence, codeveloping, concessively, connectively, conveniently, conventicler, conventicles, convertibles, insolvencies, lovesickness, nonelectives, nonexclusive, nonselective, nonviolences, overcleaning, overclearing, overreliance, uncoercively, voicefulness.

 

+5 letters: coextensively, consecutively, contemplative, conventiclers, convertiplane, countervailed, equivocalness, inconceivable, inconvertible, overbleaching, overreliances, ultraviolence, unconceivable, voicelessness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Derivations
24. Rhymes
25. Anagrams
26. Bibliography


  

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