Definitions for violence
ˈvaɪ ə lənsvi·o·lence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. violence, forcenoun

   an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

   "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

2. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessnoun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

   "the storm's violence"

3. violencenoun

   a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. violencenoun

   Extreme force.

   The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

2. violencenoun

   Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.

   We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

3. violencenoun

   Widespread fighting.

   Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

4. violencenoun

   Injustice, wrong.

   The translation does violence to the original novel.

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1. Violence

   Violence is a song by Canadian musician Grimes and American DJ i_o. It was released on September 5, 2019, as the second single from her upcoming fifth studio album Miss Anthropocene.

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1. violence

   Violence is the use of physical force intended to harm, damage, or kill someone or something. It can also refer to behaviors or actions that are intended to manipulate, dominate or control another through fear or intimidation, which may involve physical, psychological, verbal or sexual abuse. It often involves exerting power and can occur in various contexts, including within families, among peers, or in larger societal or political contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Violencenoun

   the quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force

2. Violencenoun

   injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault

3. Violencenoun

   ravishment; rape; constupration

4. Violenceverb

   to assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel

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1. Violence

   Violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against a person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. This definition associates intentionality with the committing of the act itself, irrespective of the outcome it produces. Globally, violence takes the lives of more than 1.5 million people annually: just over 50% due to suicide, some 35% due to homicide, and just over 12% as a direct result of war or some other form of conflict. For each single death due to violence, there are dozens of hospitalizations, hundreds of emergency department visits, and thousands of doctors' appointments. Furthermore, violence often has lifelong consequences for victims' physical and mental health and social functioning and can slow economic and social development. Violence, however, is preventable. Evidence shows strong relationships between levels of violence and potentially modifiable factors such as concentrated poverty, income and gender inequality, the harmful use of alcohol, and the absence of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between children and parents. Scientific research shows that strategies addressing the underlying causes of violence can be effective in preventing violence. Examples of scientifically credible strategies to prevent violence include nurse home-visiting and parenting education to prevent child maltreatment; life skills training for children ages 6–18 years; school-based programmes to address gender norms and attitudes; reducing alcohol availability and misuse through enactment and enforcement of liquor licensing laws, taxation and pricing; reducing access to guns and knives; and promoting gender equality by, for instance, supporting the economic empowerment of women.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Violence

   Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. violence

   The question in tort, as to the amount of liability incurred by the owners for outrages and irregularities committed by the master.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. violence

   See Appendix, Articles of War, 21 and 56.

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1. violence

   Song lyrics by violence -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by violence on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Aggression
   • Intensity
   • Turbulence

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'violence' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1849

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'violence' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2446

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'violence' in Nouns Frequency: #835

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How to pronounce violence?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say violence in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of violence in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of violence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of violence in a Sentence

1. Pope Francis:

   May it be the right time for you, who in this country call yourself a Christian but commit violence, to you the Lord says, ‘Put down your arms and embrace mercy.’.

2. Asian Americans:

   The biggest difference right now is people are filming it -- and the media choosing to report it, asians have always faced violence. It's not worse than before.

3. California Democratic lawmakers:

   In recent days, we have become alarmed and disheartened by bullying tactics, threats of violence, and death threats by a few who disagree with the decision of Speaker Anthony Rendon to postpone the advancement of SB 562, while it is appropriate for persons of varying views to express concern, disapproval or disfavor about the delay, it is never acceptable to engage in those tactics.

4. Barack Obama:

   This is a country that allows everybody ... to protest actions that they think are unjust, But using any event as an excuse for violence is contrary to rule of law, contrary to who we are.

5. Rabbi Jon Leener:

   It’s terribly unfortunate that we live in an age when we need to compromise our value of openness for the threat of violence, but that is just the reality at the moment.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=violence
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Violence
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/violence
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=violence
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=violence
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=violence