violence
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,409 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,120 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) also: force he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
- the property of being wild or turbulent also: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness the storm's violence
- a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
violence in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But Ralph did no violence to his lodger.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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All the treaties he makes are forced from him by violence or cunning.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Their door burst open with a violence that shook the house from top to bottom.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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In the parlor, between M. Favoral and M. de Thaller, a discussion of the utmost violence was evidently going on.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1