- violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody
- Police do not think this killing was a random act of violence.
- violence against somebody He condemned the protesters' use of violence against the police.
- domestic violence (= between family members)
- These people live under a constant threat of violence.
- Our organization works with victims of violence.
- Why do they always have to resort to violence?
- Violence broke out inside the prison last night.
- Violence erupted between police and demonstrators.
- Is there too much sex and violence on TV?
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb2, War and conflictb2- Charlie was threatening violence against them both.
- Children who witness violence between parents often develop problems.
- Don't buy toys that glorify violence.
- Hatred breeds violence.
- He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence.
- In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.
- It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.
- Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show.
- Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into armed conflict.
- Political violence killed 29 people last week.
- She had suffered years of violence and abuse.
- TV violence threatens the health and welfare of young people.
- The demonstration was marred by violence.
- The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence.
- The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence.
- The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence.
- The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence.
- There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues.
- There was surprisingly little graphic violence in the film.
- They use their religion to justify violence
- Troops were called in to quell the violence.
- UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence.
- Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters.
- We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances.
- We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence.
- We need to bring an end to the deadly violence in the region.
- a refuge for victims of domestic violence
- a wave of violence against women
- attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence
- people who inflict violence on animals
- the men of violence who start wars
- violence among football supporters
- violence among young men
- violence between rival groups
- violence perpetrated by the army
- violence towards ethnic minorities
- violence within the family
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- excessive
- extreme
- …
- level
- commit
- employ
- engage in
- …
- break out
- erupt
- flare
- …
- violence against
- violence among
- violence between
- …
- an act of violence
- an end to violence
- an eruption of violence
- …
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- physical or emotional force and energy
- The violence of her feelings surprised him.
- the violence of the eruption
- He reacted to the idea with some violence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- suppressed
- with (a) violence
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’.
Idioms
See violence in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee violence in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishdo violence to something
- (formal) to damage something or have a bad effect on it
- This version of the play does violence to Shakespeare's text.
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