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Main Entry: violence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme force, intensity

Synonyms:

abandon, acuteness, assault, attack, bestiality, bloodshed, blowup, brutality, brute force, clash, coercion, compulsion, confusion, constraint, cruelty, destructiveness, disorder, disturbance, duress, ferocity, fervor, fierceness, fighting, flap, foul play, frenzy, fury, fuss, harshness, murderousness, onslaught, passion, power, raging, rampage, roughness, ruckus, rumble, savagery, severity, sharpness, storm, storminess, struggle, terrorism, tumult, turbulence, uproar, vehemence, wildness

Antonyms:

passivity, peace, peacefulness
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Violence.
Category: 3. POWER IN OPERATION

Synonyms:

-nouns
violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire., severity; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion (state of excitability)., outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow-up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent., turmoil (disorder); ferment (agitation); storm, tempest, rough weather; squall (wind); earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm., berserk, berserker; fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast; fire eater (blusterer).
-verbs
be violent; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot, make a row, kick up a row; rough house; bluster, rage, roar, riot, storm; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod Herod; spread like wildfire., break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, pry open., render violent; sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino., explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
-adjectives
violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant., turbulent; disorderly; blustering, raging; troublous, riotous; tumultuary, tumultuous; obstreperous, uproarious; extravagant; unmitigated; ravening, tameless; frenzied (insane); desperate (rash); infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics., fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient.
-adverbs
violently; amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost.
-phrases
furor arma ministrat; "blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure].
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