vi·o·lence /ˈvaɪələns/
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"
synset: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
3. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
synset: violence
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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