violence
Meanings
Noun
- Extreme force.
- Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
- Widespread fighting.
- Injustice, wrong.
- ravishment; rape; violation
Verb
- To subject to violence.
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Origin
- From Middle English violence, from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from adjective violentus, see violent.
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