violent

adj.

1 using physical strength intended to hurt/kill

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become, get, grow, turn

▪

She started to get violent.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ exceptionally, incredibly, particularly

▪ increasingly

▪ gratuitously

▪

The movie is contrived, sentimental and gratuitously violent.

▪ potentially

▪

Employees are trained to deal with potentially violent incidents.

▪ inherently

▪

the question of whether humans are inherently violent

▪ physically, sexually

▪ graphically

▪

a range of graphically violent video games

PREPOSITION

▪ to, towards/toward

▪

He was violent towards/toward his wife on several occasions.

2 very strong

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ exceptionally

▪

an exceptionally violent storm

▪ almost

▪

He felt a strong, almost violent, dislike for the stranger.

Violent is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑action, ↑argument, ↑assault, ↑attack, ↑behaviour, ↑blow, ↑character, ↑clash, ↑collision, ↑conduct, ↑conflict, ↑confrontation, ↑conquest, ↑convulsion, ↑cough, ↑crackdown, ↑crime, ↑criminal, ↑death, ↑demonstration, ↑dislike, ↑disorder, ↑disturbance, ↑emotion, ↑encounter, ↑end, ↑eruption, ↑explosion, ↑fantasy, ↑father, ↑felon, ↑felony, ↑film, ↑gang, ↑hatred, ↑husband, ↑image, ↑imagery, ↑impulse, ↑incident, ↑jerk, ↑jolt, ↑lurch, ↑man, ↑mob, ↑movie, ↑murder, ↑offence, ↑offender, ↑opposition, ↑outburst, ↑overthrow, ↑passion, ↑play, ↑protest, ↑quarrel, ↑rage, ↑rape, ↑reaction, ↑rebellion, ↑repression, ↑reprisal, ↑resistance, ↑retaliation, ↑retribution, ↑revolution, ↑riot, ↑row, ↑scene, ↑shake, ↑shove, ↑shudder, ↑spasm, ↑storm, ↑streak, ↑struggle, ↑suppression, ↑swing, ↑tactic, ↑temper, ↑temperament, ↑tendency, ↑threat, ↑thug, ↑tremor, ↑unrest, ↑upheaval, ↑uprising, ↑urge, ↑weather