definition of
violence

[1] #1 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". wn

[2] #2 violence n. [ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness] the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence". wn

[3] #3 violence n. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.. wn