VIOLENCE
\vˈa͡ɪ͡ələns], \vˈaɪələns], \v_ˈaɪə_l_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of VIOLENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
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Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
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Ravishment; rape; constupration.
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To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
By Oddity Software
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The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
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Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
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Ravishment; rape; constupration.
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To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
By Noah Webster.
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Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The forcible use of great strength or energy; force and fury; as, the violence of a storm; strong passion; as, the violence of grief; profanation; outrage; as, he did violence to his better nature; assault.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The state or quality of being violent: force, physical or moral: unjust force: outrage: profanation: injury: rape.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Physical force; strength of action or of motion ; impulsive or impetuous force, as of the wind or other elements;—excessive or unjust exertion of moral power;—impulsive eagerness, as of desire ; fury, as of passions ;—unjust force; outrage;—forcible assault or attack;—the effects of unlawful force; injury; hurt; murder; especially, rape.
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