Synonym: anger, force, fury, intensity, passion, rage, vehemence. Similar words: violent, insolence, malevolence, equivalence, ambivalence, obsolescence, viol, viola. Meaning: ['vaɪələns] n. 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) 2. the property of being wild or turbulent 3. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc..
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61. Would you sanction flogging as a punishment for crimes of violence?
62. It seems that the attack was a gratuitous/random/mindless act of violence.
63. His drinking bouts often ended in acts of mindless violence.
64. Mass violence threatened to unsettle the very foundations of government.
65. The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
66. She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
67. There is too much sex and violence on TV these days.
68. There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues.
69. The regime was fatally weakened by the unrest and violence.
70. Activists who were involved in crimes of violence will not automatically be granted amnesty.
71. At the end of a hot summer, violence erupted in the inner cities.
72. Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.
73. This evidence supports the view that there is too much violence on television.
74. The film is a reflection of the violence that pervades American culture.
75. Residents said local gang leaders had cashed in on the violence to seize valuable land.
76. Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.
77. Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence.
78. The Government set up a commission to investigate allegations of police violence.
79. The government may declare martial law in response to the latest violence in the region.
80. The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa.
81. The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
81. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
82. Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.
83. Some people believe that violence is an effective way of protesting.
84. All you see on TV is sex and violence these days.
85. There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
86. There was an upsurge in violence during June and July.
87. Communal violence broke out in different parts of the country.
88. Much of the violence is related to drugs and gang warfare.
89. War is the most acute form of expression of violence.
90. UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence.
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