VIOLENCE


Meaning of VIOLENCE in English

ˈvīələn(t)s sometimes ˈvīl- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin violentia, from violentus violent + -ia -y

1.

a. : exertion of any physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in warfare or in effecting an entrance into a house)

b. : an instance of violent treatment or procedure

2. : injury in the form of revoking, repudiation, distortion, infringement, or irreverence to a thing, notion, or quality fitly valued or observed

no violence has been done to expert military opinion — Sir Winston Churchill

did unconscious violence to the instincts of the mystic — V.L.Parrington

3.

a. : intense, turbulent, or furious action, force, or feeling often destructive

the violence of volcanic eruption — R.W.Livingstone

hurled himself around the corner … with almost drunken violence — Liam O'Flaherty

b. : vehement feeling or expression : fervor , passion , fury

the violence of a fluent orator whose temper ran away with him — V.A.Froude

violence such as the normally placid New York art critics seldom resort to — R.M.Coates

c. : an instance or show of such action or feeling : a tendency to violent action

the mounting violences of the Whig rabble against their Tory neighbors — Margaret Evans

d. : clashing, jarring, discordant, or abrupt quality

certain freaks and violences in Mr. Palgrave's criticism — Matthew Arnold

the violence of the contrasting colors

4. : undue alteration of wording or sense (as in editing or interpreting a text)

Synonyms: see force

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.