violent
adjective
- pertaining to harmful use of force
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/ / /ˈvaɪ.lənt/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violō Latin -entus Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.
- Involving extreme force or motion.
“A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.”
- Involving physical conflict.
“We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.”
“Looking at hundreds of campaigns over the last century, Chenoweth found that nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent campaigns.”
- Likely to use physical force.
“The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.”
- Intensely vivid.
“The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.”
“his violent objections to the plan”
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual,”
- Acute, extreme, sharp.
“a violent headache”
“Palace made it 3-1 on 81 minutes, Nketiah nipping in to finish nicely, then doing a no-celebration pose in front of the away fans. Nketiah grew up a couple of miles from the Den. It felt, at the very least, like a neighbourly overture, and in violent contrast to the opening act at the other end.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violō Latin -entus Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.
- An assailant.
“Did the Covetous extortioner observe that he is involv'd in the same sentence, [and] remember that such Violents shall take not heaven, but hell, by force.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violō Latin -entus Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.
- To urge with violence.
“a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial”