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Meaning of "violence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIOLENCE

Via Old French from Latin violentia impetuosity, from violentusviolent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VIOLENCE

violence  [ˈvaɪələns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIOLENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Violence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VIOLENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

violence

Violence

Violence is "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation." This definition associates intentionality with the committing of the act itself, irrespective of the outcome it produces. Generally, though, anything that is turbulent or excited in an injurious, damaging or destructive way, or presenting risk accordingly, may be described as violent or occurring violently, even if not signifying violence. Globally, violence takes the lives of more than 1.6 million people annually. Just over 50% due to suicide, some 35% due to homicide, and just over 12% as a direct result of war or some other form of conflict. In Africa, out of every 100,000 people, each year an estimated 60.9 die a violent death. Statistics show that gunfire kills ten children a day in the United States. Corlin, past president of the American Medical Association said: “The United States leads the world—in the rate at which its children die from firearms.

Definition of violence in the English dictionary

The first definition of violence in the dictionary is the exercise or an instance of physical force, usually effecting or intended to effect injuries, destruction, etc. Other definition of violence is powerful, untamed, or devastating force. Violence is also great strength of feeling, as in language, etc; fervour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIOLENCE


ambivalence
æmˈbɪvələns
antiviolence
ˌæntɪˈvaɪələns
benevolence
bɪˈnɛvələns
counterviolence
ˈkaʊntəˌvaɪələns
equivalence
ɪˈkwɪvələns
excellence
ˈɛksələns
hypersomnolence
ˌhaɪpəˈsɒmnələns
indolence
ˈɪndələns
insolence
ˈɪnsələns
insomnolence
ɪnˈsɒmnələns
malevolence
məˈlevələns
nonchalance
ˈnɒnʃələns
nonequivalence
ˌnɒnɪˈkwɪvələns
nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪələns
omnibenevolence
ˌɒmnɪbəˈnevələns
prevalence
ˈprevələns
quantivalence
kwɒnˈtɪvələns
somnolence
ˈsɒmnələns
superexcellence
ˌsuːpərˈɛksələns
ultraviolence
ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIOLENCE

violability
violable
violableness
violably
violaceous
violate
violater
violation
violative
violator
violent
violent storm
violently
violer
violet
violet-like
violin
violin case
violin player
violinist

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIOLENCE

at your convenience
condolence
corpulence
covalence
domestic violence
flatulence
fraudulence
opulence
par excellence
pestilence
polyvalence
purulence
radio silence
redolence
repellence
silence
succulence
truculence
turbulence
valence
virulence

Synonyms and antonyms of violence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VIOLENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «violence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of violence

Translation of «violence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIOLENCE

Find out the translation of violence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of violence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «violence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暴力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

violencia
570 millions of speakers

English

violence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिंसा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عُنْف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

насилие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

violência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিংস্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

violence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keganasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暴力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폭력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekerasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính bạo lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வன்முறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिंसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şiddet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

violenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przemoc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорстокість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

violență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geweld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

våld
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vold
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of violence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIOLENCE»

The term «violence» is very widely used and occupies the 5.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIOLENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «violence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «violence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about violence

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10 QUOTES WITH «VIOLENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word violence.
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Robert Aldrich
I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. violence in life breeds violence in films.
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Edward Bond
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.
3
Charlotte Bunch
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
4
Rosanne Cash
I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.
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Joel Coen
We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis.
6
Tim Conway
I avoid all the language and nudity and violence and everything. I have enough of that at home.
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Ryan Coogler
Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way, they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.
8
Ahmet Davutoglu
Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects.
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Andrew Dominik
Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?
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Bob Dylan
Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIOLENCE»

Discover the use of violence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to violence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Violence: Six Sideways Reflections
Zizek argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems.
Slavoj Žižek, 2009
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Violence
Does the advent of capitalism and, indeed, civilization cause more violence than it prevents? Is there violence in the simple idea of "the neighbour"?
Slavoj Zizek, 2008
3
On Violence
Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. “Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times”(Nation). Index.
Hannah Arendt, 1970
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The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime
Should we act preemptively with people who exhibit strong biological predispositions to becoming dangerous criminals? These are among the thorny issues we can no longer ignore as our understanding of criminal behaviour grows.
Adrian Raine, 2013
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Violence: From Theory to Research
Each chapter is original and was written specifically for this book. The authors of the chapters of the book address theories of violence in a variety of ways.
Margaret A. Zahn, Henry H. Brownstein, Shelly L. Jackson, 2004
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Violence: The Enduring Problem
Through the use of contemporary and historical sources this book explore a variety of individual and collective types of violent crimes.
Alex Alvarez, Ronet Bachman, 2008
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Violence
Dramatizes how a single act of violence affects a young married couple and shows how they depend on the redeeming force of love to recover from their shock and begin their lives anew
Richard Bausch, 1993
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SLOW VIOLENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENTALISM OF THE POOR
Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism today.
Rob Nixon, 2011
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs
"--New York Times "Progress begins on social problems when it becomes possible to measure them. In that spirit come Professors Cook and Ludwig with this exceptional contribution."--Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig, 2000
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Violence: Theory and Ethnography
This book provides a wide ranging introduction to the meaning and context of violence.
Pamela Stewart, Andrew Strathern, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIOLENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term violence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama is right about gun violence, depending how 'advanced' is …
To find out, MarketWatch examined gun violence in the other members of the ... In any case, it's obvious that there are G-20 nations with more gun violence than ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
2
Bears release Ray McDonald after arrest on domestic violence, child …
Troubled Chicago Bears defensive end Ray McDonald was arrested Monday on charges of domestic violence and child endangerment after an incident in ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
3
President Obama Says There Is 'No Excuse' for Violence in Baltimore
President Obama condemned Monday night's violent riots in Baltimore on Tuesday, saying there was “no excuse” for the looting and attacks on police, while ... «TIME, Apr 15»
4
South African troops raid hostel as they take on xenophobic violence
Johannesburg (CNN) The convoy of armored personnel carriers rolled through the empty city streets. The soldiers were heading back to their barracks after a ... «CNN, Apr 15»
5
South Africa violence: President cancels state visit as police detain …
South African president Jacob Zuma has cancelled a state visit to Indonesia in order to deal with a wave of xenophobic violence against immigrants and other ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
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DT Jonathan Taylor arrested again
The 6-foot-4, 335-pound Taylor was arrested Saturday night and charged with domestic violence third-degree assault and domestic violence third-degree ... «ESPN, Mar 15»
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Opinion: Egypt's soccer violence has deeper roots
James Montague is the author of When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East (de Coubertin). The opinions expressed in this ... «CNN International, Feb 15»
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Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial
An anti-domestic violence PSA will air during the Super Bowl this Sunday, courtesy of the No More campaign and the National Football League, which donated ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
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In Domestic Violence Cases, NFL Has a History of Lenience
But in his role as the N.F.L.'s hard-bitten sheriff, Mr. Goodell appears to have had a major blind spot: domestic violence cases. Players charged with domestic ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
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Hope Solo and the domestic violence case no one is talking about
Solo has pleaded not guilty to two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence in an alleged assault of her half-sister and 17-year-old nephew last summer in ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»

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