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violent

/ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An assailant.
  2. To urge with violence.
  3. Involving extreme force or motion.
  4. Involving physical conflict.
  5. Likely to use physical force.
  6. Intensely vivid.
  7. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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