violence
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violence/ˈvʌɪələns/
▶noun
- 1 behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill.
- 2 strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force.
'violence' also found in these Oxford entries:
abuse
- ahimsa
- batter
- battery
- berserk
- blood
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- bloody
- boiling point
- brutalize
- duress
- ebullition
- end
- flare-up
- flashpoint
- force
- fury
- gang bang
- gangsta
- goon
- gore
- gory
- gratuitous
- hate crime
- hold
- hold-up
- maltreat
- murderous
- non-violence
- pacifism
- peaceful
- pillage
- red
- spare
- spoil
- strong-arm
- strongman
- sweep
- sword
- terrorism
- thief
- tortious
- ugly
- violent
- wife-beater
