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violence n. [
force] an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
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violence n. [
ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness] the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
. wn #3
violence n. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
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