Violence

Pronunciation

Full definition of violence

Noun

1. Extreme force.
   The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
2. Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.
• 2013-07-19, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war, One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools...as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
3. We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
4. Widespread fighting.
   Violence between the government and the rebels continues.
5. (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
   The translation does violence to the original novel.
6. (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation

Related terms

• violent

Hypernyms

• (extreme force) force