- violence
- noun1 hurting other people physicallyADJECTIVE▪ considerable, excessive, extreme, great, large-scale, serious▪ fresh▪
There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues.
▪ escalating, growing▪ continuing, ongoing▪ gratuitous, unnecessary▪Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show.
▪ indiscriminate, random▪ mindless, senseless, wanton▪ brutal, deadly, horrific, lethal▪We need to bring an end to the deadly violence in the region.
▪ graphic▪There was surprisingly little graphic violence in the film.
▪ criminal, unlawful (BrE)▪ endemic, widespread▪attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence
▪ sporadic▪In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.
▪ physical, sexual▪ domestic, family, marital (AmE), partner (AmE)▪ hate▪a wave of hate violence and discrimination against migrant workers
▪ interpersonal▪ communal, ethnic, racial, sectarian▪ anti-gay, anti-Semitic, etc.▪ drug-related, gang-related, etc.▪ insurgent, political, revolutionary, terrorist▪ school, workplace▪ urban▪ gun▪ gang, mob▪ male, teen (AmE), teenage, youth… OF VIOLENCE▪ levelVERB + VIOLENCE▪ commit, employ, engage in, inflict, perpetrate, resort to, turn to, use▪people who inflict violence on animals
▪violence perpetrated by the army
▪The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence.
▪Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters.
▪ suffer▪She had suffered years of violence and abuse.
▪ witness▪Children who witness violence between parents often develop problems.
▪ encourage, fuel, incite, promote, provoke▪ advocate▪ condemn, denounce, hate, reject, renounce▪ threaten▪Charlie was threatening violence against them both.
▪ condone, justify▪They use their religion to justify violence
▪ glorify▪Don't buy toys that glorify violence.
▪ breed▪Hatred breeds violence.
▪ spill over into▪The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence.
▪ contain, control▪UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence.
▪ curb, end, quell, stop▪Troops were called in to quell the violence.
▪ be capable of▪We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances.
VIOLENCE + VERB▪ break out, erupt, flare, occur, take place▪Violence erupted outside the prison last night.
▪ affect sb/sth▪ kill sb▪Political violence killed 29 people last week.
▪ mar sth▪The demonstration was marred by violence.
▪ threaten sth▪TV violence threatens the health and welfare of young people.
▪ escalate, increase, intensify▪Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into armed conflict.
▪ spread▪ continuePREPOSITION▪ violence against▪violence against police officers
▪ violence among▪violence among young men
▪ violence between▪violence between rival ethnic groups
▪ violence towards/toward▪violence towards/toward ethnic minorities
▪ violence within▪violence within the family
PHRASES▪ an act of violence▪Any act of violence against another player must be punished.
▪ an end to violence▪The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence.
▪ an eruption of violence, an outbreak of violence, an upsurge in violence, a wave of violence▪The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence.
▪ fear of violence▪ a life of violence▪It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.
▪ men of violence▪the men of violence who start wars
▪ an outburst of violence▪He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence.
▪ the threat of violence▪ a victim of violence▪a refuge for victims of domestic violence
▪ violence begets violence, violence breeds violence▪We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence.
2 physical/emotional forceADJECTIVE▪ suppressedPREPOSITION▪ with (a) violence▪He kissed her with suppressed violence.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
