violent
violent
(vaɪələnt )1. adjective
If someone is violent, or if they do something which is violent, they use physical force or weapons to hurt, injure, or kill other people.
A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
...violent anti-government demonstrations.
When I first came here, I was very violent.
Sometimes the men get violent.
violently adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Some opposition activists have been violently attacked.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A violent impact hurtled her forward.
A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.
violently adverb [ADVERB with verb]
A nearby volcano erupted violently, sending out a hail of molten rock and boiling mud.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Violent opposition to the plan continues.
He had violent stomach pains.
...an outburst of violent emotion.
violently adverb
He was violently scolded.
4. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
5. adjective
...an innocent man who had met a violent death.
violently adverb [ADVERB with verb]
...a girl who had died violently nine years earlier.
6. adjective
7. graded adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
8. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
