Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Extreme force.

    The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

    Gewalt

    си́лаsíla, неи́стовствоneístovstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.

    We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

    Gewalt, Gewalttaten

    наси́лиеnasílije

    наси́льствоnasýlʹstvo, наси́лляnasýllja, ґвалтgvalt

  3. (countable, uncountable)Widespread fighting.

    Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

    Gewalttätigkeiten

    наси́лиеnasílije

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A perceived injustice, especially in the context of social justice.

    The translation does violence to the original novel.

More definitions
  • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  • a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
  • the property of being wild or turbulent

Examples

397 sentences
  1. I can't put up with his violence any longer.

    Я більше не можу терпіти його агресивність. — shanghainese

    ruЯ больше не могу терпеть его насилие. — soniamiku

    deIch kann seine Gewalttätigkeit nicht länger ertragen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We don't like violence.

    Ми не любимо насильства. — deniko

    ruМы не любим насилие. — Lenin_1917

    deWir mögen keine Gewalt. — al_ex_an_der

  3. We hate violence.

    Ми ненавидимо насильство. — deniko

    ruМы ненавидим насилие. — Lenin_1917

    deWir verabscheuen Gewalt. — al_ex_an_der

  4. I hate violence.

    Я ненавиджу насильство. — deniko

    ruЯ ненавижу насилие. — tasarut

  5. You must never resort to violence.

    ruВы никогда не должны прибегать к насилию. — fjay69

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering:
Русский
By meaning 2
extreme force:
action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
extreme force:
action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering:
widespread fighting:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from L

Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns /violentus (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.

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Forms

plural: violences
Singularviolence
Pluralviolences

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering:peaceA1nonviolence

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • resort to violence
  • too much violence
  • much violence on
  • much violence

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
violence — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto