violence

1. 1

   Extreme force.countableuncountable

   • The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
2. 2

   Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.countableuncountable

   • We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
3. 3

   Widespread fighting.countableuncountable

   • Violence between the government and the rebels continues.
4. 4

   A perceived injustice, especially in the context of social justice.countablefigurativelyuncountable

   • The translation does violence to the original novel.

ant. peace · nonviolence

1. 1

   To subject to violence.nonstandard

   • The key general point is that the idea of the agendered, asexual, aviolenced worker is a fiction; workers and organizational members do not exist in social abstraction; they are gendered, sexualed and violenced, partly by their position ...
   • And the triad is made complete by she who is violenced by him.