Sekirov Dictionary

violent

/ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/

adjective 6
noun 1
verb 1
forms 7

adjective6

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with fighting or the use of physical force to hurt someone
- We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.
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Likely to use physical force.
- The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.
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Involving extreme force or motion.
- A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
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Intensely vivid.
- The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
Acute, extreme, sharp.
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Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- These violent delights have violent ends. — 1591

noun1

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(no longer used) An assailant.
- Did the Covetous extortioner observe that he is involv'd in the same sentence, [and] remember that such Violents shall take not heaven, but hell, by force. — 1667

verb1

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(no longer used) To urge with violence.
- a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial — 1655

forms

violented · violenting · violents · more violent · violenter · most violent · violentest

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