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Definition of 'violence'

Noun

  1. 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"
       Synonyms: force
  2. the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
       Synonyms: ferocity fierceness furiousness fury vehemence wildness
  3. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.


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