violence

  • 11violence — *force, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint Analogous words: vehemence, intensity, fierceness (see corresponding adjectives at INTENSE): *effort, exertion, pains, trouble: *attack, assault, onslaught, onset …

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  • 12violence — [n] extreme force, intensity abandon, acuteness, assault, attack, bestiality, bloodshed, blowup, brutality, brute force, clash, coercion, compulsion, confusion, constraint, cruelty, destructiveness, disorder, disturbance, duress, ferocity, fervor …

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  • 13violence — ► NOUN 1) behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill. 2) strength of emotion or an unpleasant or destructive natural force …

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  • 14Violence — For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). U.N. rates of physical violence resulting in death, per 100,000 inhabitants by country in 2002.[1] …

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  • 15Violence — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Violence (homonymie). Taux de violence physique pour 100,000 habitants par pays en 2004 …

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  • 16violence — noun 1 hurting other people physically ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, excessive, extreme, great, large scale, serious ▪ fresh ▪ There are fears of fresh …

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  • 17violence — (vi o lan s ) s. f. 1°   Qualité de ce qui agit avec force. •   Comme un enfant que sa mère arrache d entre les bras des voleurs, doit aimer, dans la peine qu il souffre, la violence amoureuse et légitime de celle qui procure sa liberté, PASC.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 18VIOLENCE —    As with many other elements of silent film, early Western stars depended more on style for displaying violence than on elaborate effects. When Broncho Billy Anderson and William S. Hart shot someone, the effect was real. The audience would… …

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  • 19Violence —          CHAMFORT (Sébastien Roch Nicolas, dit Nicolas de)     Bio express : Moraliste français (1741 1794)     «On s effraie des partis violents ; mais ils conviennent aux âmes fortes, et les caractères vigoureux se reposent dans l extrême.»… …

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  • 20violence — vi|o|lence W2S2 [ˈvaıələns] n [U] 1.) behaviour that is intended to hurt other people physically ▪ There is too much sex and violence on TV these days. violence against ▪ violence against women ▪ We condemn any act of violence . ▪ threats of… …

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