violento-1
violent ; furious ; crude ; virulent ; savage ; stormy ; rough ; virulently ; bloodthirsty.
There was a heavy and prolonged silence as Datto scrambled through his mind, trying to recollect the details of the event that had apparently trigerred this violent reaction.
'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.
The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
The stormy period of the 50s and 60s are considered to have seriously damaged the cause of improving the salaries of librarians.
The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough - very revolutionary.
This work presents a startling contrast to the virulently anti-Catholic sentiments prevalent in 18th-century popular writing.
All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
acto violento
act of violence
The strategy of terrorists is to commit acts of violence that draws the attention of the the world to their cause.
cometer un acto violento
commit + violence
The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.
comportamiento violento
violent behaviour
The following are typical examples of violent behaviour by public library users.
delito violento
violent crime
crime of violence
Violent crime overall, however, is still at the same level as in 1974, despite having decreased steadily since 1991.
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on crimes of violence.
no violento
nonviolent [non-violent]
We believe that if children are exposed to an environment conducive to moral and spiritual values from the very beginning, they will grow as peaceful nonviolent future citizens.
perturbado y violento
violently insane
The author discusses the problems facing public libraries in the USA caused by library users who are mentally disturbed, violently insane, or engaged in illegal activities.
reacción violenta
backlash
Publishers increasingly worried about the bottom line and hesitate to publish books that may be an invitation for backlash from groups opposed to homosexuality.
sentirse violento
look + uncomfortable
The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
sentirse violento por
be embarrassed at
I have been extremely embarrassed at having to help people - Blacks, women, and others - through the subject heading list.
volverse violento
turn + violent
Many of Douala's three million people stayed indoors after a road haulage strike was announced for Monday, fearing that the protest could turn violent.
