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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violent/ˈvʌɪələnt/
▶adjective
- 1 using or involving violence.
- 2 very intense, forceful, or powerful: violent dislike.
– derivatives
violently adverb.
violently adverb.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. violent- ‘violent’.
'violently' also found in these Oxford entries:
bash
- basuco
- beat
- bloodbath
- blow
- break
- buffet
- bull
- burst
- bust
- carjacking
- convulse
- crash
- crush
- eject
- explode
- frantic
- fulminate
- gouge
- hard
- implode
- lash
- law
- lay
- limb
- massacre
- non-violence
- pant
- Plinian
- precipitate
- rage
- ram
- ramp
- reel
- rend
- set
- shaken baby syndrome
- shatter
- shock
- slew
- smash
- sprain
- swinge
- thrash
- thresh
- thrust
- tornado
- violate
- violent
- volcanic
Forum discussions with the word(s) "violently" in the title:
Brake violently in car/bike races.
fall violently ill
my body suffered often from shaking violently
The elephant dashed the man on the floor violently
violently coerce
fall violently ill
my body suffered often from shaking violently
The elephant dashed the man on the floor violently
violently coerce
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