violent (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French violent or directly from Latin violentus, related to violare (see violation). In Middle English the word also was applied in reference to heat, sunlight, smoke, etc., with the sense "having some quality so strongly as to produce a powerful effect." Related: Violently.

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violation (n.)

c. 1400, from Old French violacion and directly from Latin violationem (nominative violatio) "an injury, irreverence, profanation," from past participle stem of violare "to treat with violence, outrage, dishonor," perhaps an irregular derivative of vis "strength, force, power, energy," from PIE root *weie- "to go after, pursue with vigor or desire" (see gain (v.)).

non-violent (adj.)

also nonviolent, "using peaceful means," especially to bring about change in a society, 1896, from non- + violent (adj.). From 1920 in reference to "principle or practice of abstaining from violence," in writings of M.K. Gandhi.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. [Gandhi, "Non-violence in Peace and War," 1948]

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violent (adj.)

(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud;

a violent clash of colors

a violent noise

her dress was a violent red

Synonyms: wild

violent (adj.)

acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity;

a violent person

a violent rage

violent feelings

a violent attack

felt a violent dislike

violent (adj.)

effected by force or injury rather than natural causes;

a violent death

violent (adj.)

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid;

violent passions

Synonyms: fierce / tearing / vehement / trigger-happy

violent (adj.)

characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode;

Synonyms: crimson / red

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