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Definition of Violent
Violent

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.

Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.

Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.

An assailant.

To urge with violence.

To be violent; to act violently.

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Violent Quotations

I'm not a violent person.
Manute Bol

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
James Madison

Violent Translations

violent in German is heftig, gewaltsam
violent in Italian is violento, veemente
violent in Latin is vehemens
violent in Spanish is desaforado, abrupto

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