| ADJECTIVE | all | violent | acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
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| all | violent | effected by force or injury rather than natural causes | |
| all | violent, wild | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud | |
| all | violent, fierce, tearing, vehement, trigger-happy | marked by extreme / extreme intensity of emotions or convictions | |
| all | violent, crimson, red | characterized by violence or bloodshed |
| Sounds | vay'ahlahnt; vay'lahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity. | |
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| Narrower | convulsive | resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent |
| ferocious, fierce, furious, savage | marked by extreme / extreme and violent energy | |
| hot, raging | Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement | |
| knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out | Extremely violent | |
| lashing | violently urging on by whipping or flogging | |
| lurid | horrible in fierceness or savagery | |
| rampageous | Displaying raging violence | |
| ruffianly, tough | Violent and lawless | |
| slam-bang | Violent and sudden and noisy | |
| See also | hostile | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will |
| unpeaceful | not peaceful | |
| Opposite | nonviolent | Abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence |
| Spanish | violento | |
| Catalan | violent | |
| Nouns | violence | the property of being wild or turbulent |
| Adverbs | violently | in a violent manner |
| Meaning | Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes. | |
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| Example | "a violent death" | |
| Broader | unnatural | not in accordance with or determined by nature |
| Spanish | violento | |
| Catalan | violent | |
| Nouns | violence | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
| Meaning | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud. | |
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| Synonym | wild | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Meaning | marked by extreme / extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. | |
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| Example | "violent passions" | |
| Synonyms | fierce, tearing, vehement, trigger-happy | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | feroz, vehemente, violenta, violento | |
| Catalan | violent | |
| Meaning | Characterized by violence or bloodshed. | |
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| Synonyms | crimson, red | |
| Broader | bloody | Having or covered with or accompanied by blood |
| Nouns | violence | a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. |
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