Definition of Violence. Meaning of Violence. Synonyms of Violence

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Definition of Violence

Violence
Violence Vi"o*lence, n. [F., fr. L. violentia. See Violent.] 1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. --Shak. All the elements At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn With the violence of this conflict. --Milton. 2. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. Do violence to do man. --Luke iii. 14. We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge. --T. Burnet. Looking down, he saw The whole earth filled with violence. --Milton. 3. Ravishment; rape; constupration. To do violence on, to attack; to murder. ``She . . . did violence on herself.' --Shak. To do violence to, to outrage; to injure; as, he does violence to his own opinions. Syn: Vehemence; outrage; fierceness; eagerness; violation; infraction; infringement; transgression; oppression.
Violence
Violence Vi"o*lence, v. t. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Violence from wikipedia

- Violence is often defined as the use of physical force or power by humans to cause harm and degradation to other living beings, such as humiliation, pain...
- Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. The term "domestic violence" is often...
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- Union violence refers to violence committed by unions or union members to achieve political objectives, particularly during labor disputes. When union...
- A History of Violence is a 2005 action thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 DC graphic...
- Graphic violence refers to the depiction of especially vivid, explicit, brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as film, television...
- Political violence is violence which is perpetrated in order to achieve political goals. It can include violence which is used by a state against other...
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- In a Valley of Violence is a 2016 American Western film written and directed by Ti West. Jason Blum serves as producer through his production company Blumhouse...
- Symbolic violence is a term coined by Pierre Bourdieu, a prominent 20th-century French sociologist, and appears in his works as early as the 1970s. Symbolic...