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Look up: violent

  1. violent
    [adj] - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity 2. [adj] - effected by force or injury rather than natural causes 3. [adj] - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. violent
    a wind with a speed between 56 and 63 knots; Force 11 on the Beaufort Scale Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • wind with a speed between 51 and 57 knots (Beaufort scale wind force 11). Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Violent
    Vi'o·lent adjective [ French, from Latin violentus , from vis strength, force; probably akin to Greek ... a muscle, strength.] 1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. « Float upon ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  4. Violent
    Vi'o·lent noun An assailant. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  5. Violent
    Vi'o·lent transitive verb [ Confer French violenter .] To urge with violence. [ Obsolete] Fuller.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  6. Violent
    Vi'o·lent intransitive verb To be violent; to act violently. [ Obsolete] « The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste, And violenteth in a sense as strong As that which causeth it.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  7. violent
    1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. 'Float upon a wild and violent sea.' (Shak) 'A violent cross wind from either coast.' (Milton) ... 2. Acting, characterised, or pr ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. violent
    adjective effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; `a violent death`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. violent
    adjective acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; `a violent attack`; `a violent person`; `violent feelings`; `a violent rage`; `felt a violent dislike`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. violent
    adjective (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; `a violent clash of colors`; `her dress was a violent red`; `a violent noise`; `wild colors`; `wild shouts`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Violent
    • (a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech. • (a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal. • (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. violent
    violent 1. Using physical force to injure someone or to damage something; as, a violent crime. 2. Showing emotional intensity or strong feeling: 'He had violent objections to the proposal.' 3. Showing extreme, destructive, or uncontrollable force; such as, a violent thunderstorm. 4. Very intense or severe: 'She had a violent headache.' 5. Caused by for...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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