Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Violence is behaviour which is intended to hurt, injure, or kill people.
Twenty people were killed in the ~...
They threaten them with ~.
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2.
If you do or say something with ~, you use a lot of force and energy in doing or saying it, often because you are angry. (LITERARY)
The ~ in her tone gave Alistair a shock.
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