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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151. I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.
152. He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation.
153. Violence is always pointless.
154. The violence and bad language in the program shocked many of the viewers.
155. The party agreed not to incite its supporters to violence.
156. Many viewers have strong opinions about violence on the screen.
157. The renewed violence this week hardly augurs well for smooth or peaceful change.
158. Is there a causal relationship between violence on television and violent behaviour?
159. He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence.
160. The man lost his temper and had to be restrained from violence by neighbors who held his arms.
161. How many people have died at the hands of terrorist organizations since the violence began?
162. Street violence has escalated as a result of a turf war between rival neighbourhood gangs.
163. The Prime Minister was foremost among those who condemned the violence.
164. Greater demands were being placed on the police by growing violence and left- and right-wing extremism.
165. The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
166. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
167. The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence.
168. Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence.
169. He was the fifth person to be killed in sectarian violence.
170. The latest bout of violence has claimed twenty four lives.
171. Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
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172. There is a tendency in films to make the equation between violence and excitement.
173. This violence will do a grave disservice to their cause.
174. It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.
175. Outbursts of violence forced the cancellation of Haiti's first free elections in 1987.
176. Parents are afraid that their children's minds will be polluted with the violence that they see on television.
177. The violence used against the students sent a chill through Indonesia.
178. We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence.
179. The robbery may be linked to other crimes of violence.
180. They were unaware that the street violence was just a foretaste of what was to come.
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