adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fiery/violent/explosive temper (= likely to get angry and violent very quickly )
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Over the years, my sister has learned to control her fiery temper.
a nasty/violent cough (= a very bad cough )
a severe/violent/fierce storm
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He set out in a violent storm for Fort William.
a violent argument
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The singer was hurt in a violent argument with her husband.
a violent assault
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The number of violent assaults in the city has reached an all-time high.
a violent clash
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Four people were killed during violent clashes with the army.
(a) violent crime
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Figures show a 19% rise in violent crime.
a violent demonstration
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Nine people have been killed during violent demonstrations.
a violent disturbance
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Over a hundred people were injured during violent disturbances in the capital.
a violent incident
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There have been several violent incidents at football matches recently.
a violent/aggressive act
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We will track down those responsible for this violent act.
a violent/angry protest
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Three people died yesterday in violent protests against the war.
a violent/angry reaction
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The artists were surprised by the violent reactions to their work.
a violent/vicious/brutal attack
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Police described it as an extremely violent attack.
aggressive/violent tendencies
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Some breeds of dog have aggressive tendencies.
aggressive/violent/threatening
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His behavior became increasingly violent.
die a sudden/violent/slow etc death
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At the end of the play, the main character dies a violent death.
emotional/violent/angry outburst
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his father’s violent outbursts of temper
intense/acute/violent etc dislike (= very strong dislike )
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His colleagues regarded him with intense dislike.
military/violent/armed confrontation
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Japan seemed unlikely to risk military confrontation with Russia.
turn nasty/mean/violent etc (= suddenly become angry, violent etc )
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The police are worried that the situation could turn violent.
violent conduct
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Their goalkeeper was sent off the field for violent conduct.
violent death (= caused by violence, especially deliberately )
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There is a high rate of violent death in America.
violent
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That morning, after a violent quarrel, she threatened him with a kitchen knife.
violent/vehement opposition (= showing extremely strong angry feelings )
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The 2,000-strong congress met the violent opposition of left-wingers.
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There has been vehement opposition from the fishing industry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The culture wars are as violent as ever, and the right is on the offensive.
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The tempers at the Amphitheatre were as short, if not as violent , as those in the streets.
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Its history, if you skipped a thousand years, was as violent as Phnom Penh's or Smolensk's.
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The various non-human beings who hunt humans are not portrayed as violent or aggressive either.
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BCalvin describes his young son as violent and angry -- a description that suits him just as well.
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Mild, persistent delirium, not as violent as in Belladonna restless with laborious dreams, muttering delirium.
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But not as violent as Newark, New Jersey.
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For instance, much violence in the family now involves the police and so gets recorded as violent crime.
increasingly
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For the past year my wife has become increasingly violent .
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They are increasingly violent and are slipping in school.
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Now the picture is of an increasingly violent struggle to protect a 250m-year-old species.
less
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At last her clutch on him became less desperate and her shivers less violent .
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Television is less violent now than at any time in history.
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New forms of detention, fewer trendy clerics and, familiarly, less violent television.
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If a smaller spoon or saucepan is used, the air is less disturbed and the vibrations are less violent .
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Britain experiences less violent crime than many comparable countries.
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As the vibrations travel, they become less violent and again may not disturb the rice.
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In fact women are significantly less violent than men, suggesting that frustration with socio-economic deprivation is not a sufficient explanation.
more
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The impact on the Vicariate of Solidarity was even more violent .
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As the farmers who held out felt increasingly alone, their methods grew more and more violent .
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McDermott and John, instinctively peaceful men, almost over-anxious earlier on to avoid confrontation, are even more violent when pressed.
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But as depressions became more violent , such a view was the very reverse of reassuring.
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The government also orders, or turns a blind eye to, more violent methods of keeping opponents quiet.
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Over the decades, television has been blamed for everything from a more violent society to a fatter generation.
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You're bigger than me, you're stronger than me and you've just proved you're more violent than me.
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One consequence of this high rate of violence against women, concludes Straus, is that women themselves become more violent .
most
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One of the most violent places in Great Britain.
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Edna was met with a hushed silence fitting for only the most violent faux pas.
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This spirit is depicted in Laocoon's face, and not in the face alone, in spite of the most violent sufferings.
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The most violent fighting of recent months flared in several West Bank areas.
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The report also criticised the current boom in real-life crime re-enactments, which again tend to concentrate on the most violent crimes.
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The most violent protests were in Zakazik, capital of Sharkiya governorate, in the northeast of the delta.
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And Pipeline is the most violent of the lot.
often
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Nevertheless it is hard to avoid the notion that our meetings with Neanderthals were often violent and fatal.
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Karen points out the counterpoint between the atmosphere in Eugene and the often violent attitudes toward minorities: Eugene is Mecca.
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The session, which lasted from April 8 to 24, was heated and often violent .
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A man who is violent is most often violent towards members of his own family.
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Brash and often violent pubs are the only centres of activity.
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Strike statistics by themselves may not reflect the often violent background to the annual Spring wage negotiations.
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This course of action involved an often violent struggle against unbelief and mistrust.
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With hindsight, therefore, only one outcome was likely although the struggle was often violent and bloody.
so
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I haven't seen anything so violent before or since.
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Reaction was so violent they repealed the program the next year.
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When the grand collapse starts, it is so violent and so rapid that nothing can halt it.
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Because Oglala was so violent at that time, we were asked to be like a peacekeeping force.
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I corrected it and the hook was so violent that people on adjoining fairways dived for cover.
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I began staring at mirrors, wondering what it was in my face that made Stepmother Edna so violent , so angry.
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He was so violent that local security forces were said to avoid venturing on to his turf.
sometimes
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Malouf is fascinated by the sometimes violent impact that complete strangers can have upon our lives.
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Confrontation, when it came, was often tense and sometimes violent .
very
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Therefore the impact is very violent .
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He was a very violent person.
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Such a nice man and awful to think of anyone being murdered, although it's a very violent world these days.
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It can be extreme and very violent .
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Andrew has learned to make this outcome more likely by escalating the tantrums into very violent and therefore frightening episodes.
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It was all very violent and distressing to observe at close quarters and the stench really brought it home to me.
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My stepfather was a very violent man.
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Some were very violent and it was necessary to close and barricade the room.
■ NOUN
action
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But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straight forward computer graphics.
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Obviously, he feared violent action and, to prevent it, planned another attempt at an understanding with the Viceroy.
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The rising created an atmosphere of disorder in which those with grievances felt free to take violent action against their enemies.
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The truth is that not a single one of the official groups organising protests is planning violent action .
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Protestant violent action against Civil Rights marches was seen by Catholics as a threat to their communities.
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Essentially he is frustrated and releases his frustration by careless and violent action .
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Or even if not wholeheartedly within this tradition, to posit some form of violent action as the only solution.
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Reformist leaders have told the public to remain calm to deprive hardliners in the security forces of any pretext for violent action .
acts
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We have, therefore to consider these other aspects of violent acts .
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Ultimately the batterer is himself tricked by his lustful appetite, and his violent acts inevitably escalate.
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Outrage at the injustices erupted in violent acts .
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Men were twice as likely as women to perceive those violent acts as improving the relationship.
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Police departments are accustomed to an increase in violent acts when the moon is fall.
argument
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Even a violent argument will leave you mentally high and quite unfit to fly.
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There was violent argument and vituperation on both sides.
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To an Elf or a Dwarf, they seem to be having a violent argument .
attack
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I was terrified Voice over Nottingham Crown court heard medical evidence showed Fisher took no sadistic pleasure in violent attacks on women.
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The arrests were thought to be in connection with a series of violent attacks .
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Last year 7.3 million people-about 33 of every 1,000 U.S. residents-endured a violent attack .
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This has been distorted in the press as tantamount to planning violent attacks on the summit.
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Blacks were more often victims of violent attacks than whites, Hispanics or other ethnic groups.
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Once it began the protest turned from non-violent to violent attack .
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Increasingly, it's the reason for many violent attacks .
behaviour
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James Harper, defending, said Colling believed his drinks had been spiked with a narcotic substance which caused his violent behaviour .
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The doctor had suffered a temporary mental collapse and subsequent bouts of violent behaviour .
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Some maintain violent programmes do encourage violent behaviour and something needs to be done.
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Nor do we easily associate ourselves with violent behaviour .
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The Buid have as much of a capacity for violent behaviour as the members of any other society.
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Youngest son Joe made some dramatic accusations that his dad terrified them all with his violent behaviour .
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The local drop-in centre, run by a mental health charity, banned Ben for violent behaviour .
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That is, unacceptable as representations, whether or not they have effects on sexually violent behaviour .
clash
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In the Forest of Dean poaching was rife, and there were frequent violent clashes between keepers and poachers.
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There were violent clashes between police and pickets, notably at the Orgreave coking depot in Rotherham in the summer of 1984.
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Borja ordered the armed forces to intervene after violent clashes , including gunfire, between the security forces and the demonstrators.
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In Dresden, witnesses reported violent clashes between police and would-be emigrants desperate to board trains to the West.
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Four people were reportedly killed during violent clashes with the Army in the capital, Santo Domingo.
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Weekend celebrations to mark the end of military rule had led to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
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Protests continue nightly in Vienna and other cities, peaceful affairs now unlike the violent clashes of recent weeks.
conduct
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Section 8 says that violence means any violent conduct towards persons or property.
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It was as clear a case of violent conduct as could be imagined.
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Their opponents, an experienced club side, are all being reported for violent conduct .
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If Hateley is found guilty of violent conduct , the disciplinary committee are empowered to extend the player's ban.
conflict
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But the drama of a violent conflict that was caused partly by environmental factors has not had a spin-off effect for turtles.
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As long as Milosevic was firmly in control, it was thought, there was no risk of violent conflict .
confrontation
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Eventually Wayne's patience ran out and in a violent confrontation , Wayne finally threw the smaller Widmark against a wall.
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The authorities and assailants exchanged fire in a violent confrontation in which Cuenca and police officer Santiago Esparza Astorga were killed.
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More than 300 people had been arrested after violent confrontations with the security forces in Ain Shams after the policeman's death.
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The occurrence of violent confrontations on campuses and on the streets was no longer primarily confined to the summer months.
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In some cases it has led to violent confrontations requiring police intervention.
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This willingness by police and pickets to engage in violent confrontation was dramatically revealed during the 1984-5 coal dispute.
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The existence of competing bodies claiming to exercise jurisdiction in the town inevitably provoked violent confrontation .
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There were violent confrontations with some 900 police, who kept the two groups apart; about 50 arrests were made.
crime
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Most of those arrested were reported to have been previously convicted of drug and arms trafficking and violent crimes .
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The overall violent crime rate fell 4 percent in 1995 for those 17 and under, the first drop since 1987.
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His immediate focus is on eliminating high-level corruption and reducing violent crime .
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As a police reporter for the Miami Herald, she covered thousands of murders and other violent crimes .
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There is now much more public demand for support to the victims of violent crime .
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In Vista, for example, arrests for violent crimes nearly doubled, from 26 in 1990 to 47 last year.
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This detail may not make the annual recorded crime figures, showing another rise in violent crime, seem much more palatable.
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Today, London is one of the safest major cities in the world and violent crimes are exceedingly rare.
criminal
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This is the big stick treatment for violent criminals which is traditionally associated with an extreme Right-wing attitude.
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Even the life-giving sun itself is being accused and feared like a violent criminal on the loose.
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President Clinton signed a law last year that requires states to make information on sexually violent criminals available to the public.
death
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In each case the life style and violent death is similar.
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They say people who die sudden, violent deaths are most likely to become ghosts and haunt the earth.
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On March 28, 1980, all the workers died a sudden, violent death , no time to say goodbye.
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I thought a lot about Agnes, her violent death and those of her family.
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This was the Cradle: the country of violent birth and violent death .
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Nothing, above all, to betray the cosmic anger which invariably surged through his being in the presence of violent death .
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Only two foreign diplomats have been involved in violent deaths in the United States.
demonstration
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This sparked violent demonstrations outside the base.
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Such political behavior can manifest itself in strikes, violent demonstrations , insurrections, and revolutionary action.
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In July 1986 violent demonstrations occurred at Yarmuk University in which thousands were arrested.
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Thus in July 1981 a violent demonstration took place in Kano against a particular policy of the Governor.
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Further violent demonstrations were reported in Douala on Oct. 14, leaving dozens injured and causing major damage to property.
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In 1932 there were violent demonstrations , several of them leading to serious riots.
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A violent demonstration at the time drew 20000 participants to the site.
disorder
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Three men were arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder and were released on police bail.
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The next day, after sporadic incidents, violent disorder erupted at about 7.00 p. m. Disorder occurred again in 1986.
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Seven defendants were charged with violent disorder at or outside a night club and with various assaults on police officers.
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The seven, all from Gosport, admitted violent disorder .
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Now the agitation in the country and the violent disorder it threatened could be directed against the Government.
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Lord and Murray also denied conspiracy to cause violent disorder .
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But Livingstone and Hardy, both 20, had denied a charge of violent disorder during the incident last September.
explosion
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This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage.
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He had nearly reached the landing when he felt a sudden and violent explosion in his head.
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As a result, violent explosions rocked the vessel and led to its abandonment within an hour of the attack.
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Calderas created by violent explosions can be of enormous size.
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Fearing a more violent explosion of disagreement, pride in not wanting to be the first to make a move.
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According to these learned fellows, the universe began with a violent explosion .
film
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They have a violent film then they have a violent advert.
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He thought of hitting Guy, saw himself doing it, like some violent film , slow-motion.
image
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Her imagination jagged with tumbling violent images of what he might do to her.
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Maryvonne told me about her nightmares, every single night, violent images of rape, murder, dismemberment.
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Government policy over the media and its display of sexually violent images thus appears contradictory.
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Still smoking, he started to get those violent images again when there was a soft tap on his window.
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Some of the media were interested only in portraying a violent image of Blackbird Leys.
incident
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There have been several reports this year of petty theft and one violent incident .
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In 1983 alone, 147 violent incidents were reported to the National Abortion Federation by member clinics.
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Between 1968 and 1970, there were numerous violent incidents involving shootouts between the police and members of the Black Panthers organisation.
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By March 1984, forty-four violent incidents had already been reported that year to the National Abortion Federation.
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Mr Chinotimba has been identified at the centre of several violent incidents .
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A handful of violent incidents flared before June 30.
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Many commentators suggest that violent incidents are best understood as unique events.
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Ken Robinson has expressed his deep concern at the increasing frequency of violent incidents within the east Antrim area.
man
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He was a cruel, violent man , who had lived an evil life full of hate and jealousy.
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Yet for all his proverbial fire and brimstone, my father was not a violent man .
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Fernand had witnessed death, but he was not a violent man .
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My stepfather was a very violent man .
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So leaders, and their followers on the frontiers of empire, often looked like disobedient and violent men .
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It was true, she thought; in spite of his gentle, drunken ineffectiveness, he could easily be a violent man .
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And violent men use the resources of language to define situations in particular ways.
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Reputations For such a violent man Tyson is surprisingly sensitive.
outburst
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She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue, but could nor tolerate Charles's violent outbursts .
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Some became edgy, prone to violent outbursts .
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She was silent except for little violent outbursts about capital punishment and Iris Murdoch writing too much.
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There were the violent outbursts , way out of proportion to any wrong done, and constant verbal abuse.
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Most of his friends agreed that he was subject to violent outbursts of temper.
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He has accused Sun Bonds of having violent outbursts , including one occasion when she trashed his sports trophies.
protest
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She is in danger of running into violent protests , said an extreme right- wing group last night.
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The move had sparked violent protests among students, parents and teachers, resulting in seven injuries and ten arrests.
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It can't be, an inner voice shrieked in violent protest .
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History shows that the usual response to violent protest and riots was repression.
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An effigy of Mr MacSharry was burned by protesting farmers in Strasbourg last week in a violent protest against the deal.
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The most violent protests were in Zakazik, capital of Sharkiya governorate, in the northeast of the delta.
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The issue has become a student and union cause, sometimes taking the form of violent protests against the administration.
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There were now violent protests throughout the nation, calling for withdrawal.
reaction
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Learning pro-social behaviour is an essential part of controlling aggressive and violent reactions .
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But critics say the police seem intent on provoking a violent reaction .
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They say some chief constables are unwilling to enforce the law, in case it provokes a violent reaction from the travellers.
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But much of it was due to provocation from the students whose ranks had been infiltrated by revolutionaries seeking a violent reaction .
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Never, never had he felt such a violent reaction to a woman.
storm
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In 1981 violent storms redistributed some of the plutonium, along with other radioactive wastes stored ashore.
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Passing beneath it, Crevecoeur was reminded of a violent storm of hail beating upon his head.
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Travelling home one night in a violent storm , Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed.
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The slaves gathered on August 30, 1800, but disbanded because a violent storm and flood made military operations impossible.
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The authors also predict an increase in violent storms , fires, landslides and avalanches in the Alpine region as well as widespread deforestation.
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Langtoft is perhaps most notorious for its record of freak weather conditions and violent storms .
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During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin.
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Within minutes the brown patch of sky enveloped me, as a violent storm swept across the dunes.
struggle
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A violent struggle for economic and political control can not be ruled out.
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The 12-year war is officially over, but the rebuilding of the infrastructure has been quite a violent struggle for the people.
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Now the picture is of an increasingly violent struggle to protect a 250m-year-old species.
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This course of action involved an often violent struggle against unbelief and mistrust.
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After a violent struggle this grew to a membership of around a hundred within three years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Violent crime has decreased in the last decade.
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violent street gangs
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a violent coughing fit
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a violent overthrow of the government
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Do violent programmes and video games really cause people to become more aggressive?
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Everyone is worried about the increase in violent crime.
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I think Tarantino's films are too violent .
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Joe has a violent temper.
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My father was a violent man who couldn't control his temper.
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There was a violent protest outside the court, and a police officer was injured.
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Travellers to the country have been urged to avoid large crowds, which have occasionally turned violent in the past.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adam screamed, loud and violent , in his attempt to absorb the pain.
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But critics say the police seem intent on provoking a violent reaction.
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Chapter 5 looks at attempts to explain violent political dissent and the surge of revolutionary movements.
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It is dramatic and violent and beautiful-no native of the island could not have believed in a volcano goddess.
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Outrage at the injustices erupted in violent acts.
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Overall crime rates fell by 2.7 % in the year to March, but violent crime increased.
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The governor handled the violent uncertainties of his country, the incessant bloodletting, a lot better than I did.