transcription, транскрипция: [ vaɪələnt ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone is violent , or if they do something which is violent , they use physical force or weapons to hurt, injure, or kill other people.
A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
...violent anti-government demonstrations...
Sometimes the men get violent.
ADJ
• vio‧lent‧ly
Some opposition activists have been violently attacked.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
A violent event happens suddenly and with great force.
A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• vio‧lent‧ly
A nearby volcano erupted violently, sending out a hail of molten rock and boiling mud.
ADV : ADV with v
3.
If you describe something as violent , you mean that it is said, done, or felt very strongly.
Violent opposition to the plan continues...
He had violent stomach pains.
...an outburst of violent emotion.
= intense
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• vio‧lent‧ly
He was violently scolded.
ADV
4.
A violent death is painful and unexpected, usually because the person who dies has been murdered.
...an innocent man who had met a violent death.
ADJ
• vio‧lent‧ly
...a girl who had died violently nine years earlier.
ADV : ADV with v
5.
A violent film or television programme contains a lot of scenes which show violence.
It was the most violent film that I have ever seen.
ADJ