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violence
noun
    1. The state or quality of being violent.
      Thesaurus: brutality, destructiveness, ferocity, frenzy, savagery, turbulence, wildness; Antonym: passivity, peacefulness.
    2. Violent behaviour.
      Thesaurus: brutality, conflict, destructiveness, bloodshed, ferocity, fighting, frenzy, hostilities, savagery, terrorism.
Idiom: do violence to someone or something
    To harm them or it physically.
    To spoil or ruin them or it.
    To distort their meaning or significance.
Etymology: 13c: from Latin violentus, from vis force.



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