Synonyms for violence
ˈvaɪ ə lənsvi·o·lence

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1. violence

   Synonyms:
   agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence

   Antonyms:
   apathy, calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingness

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1. violence

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, impetuosity, force, rape, outrage, rage, profanation, injustice, fury, infringement, fierceness, oppression

   Antonyms:
   lenity, mildness, self-restraint, feebleness, gentleness, respect, forbearance, self-control, observance, obedience, preservation, conservation, protection

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1. violence, forcenoun

   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:
   power, military unit, furiousness, military group, force, vehemence, military force, force play, strength, ferocity, effect, wildness, force out, fierceness, fury, force-out, personnel, forcefulness

2. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessnoun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

   "the storm's violence"

   Synonyms:
   fury, rage, delirium, emphasis, craze, frenzy, abandon, madness, wildness, force, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, hysteria, fierceness

3. violencenoun

   a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

   Synonyms:
   fury, vehemence, fierceness, wildness, ferocity, force, furiousness

Matched Categories

1. • Aggression
   • Intensity
   • Turbulence

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1. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, impetuosity, boisterousness

2. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   passion, fury, fierceness, wildness, rage

3. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   outrage, injustice, injury, unlawfulness, sway or brute force, reign of terror

4. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   sharpness, acuteness, severity, poignancy, intensity

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1. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   force, impetuosity, vehemence, intensity, severity, wildness, fury, injury, violation, profanation, outrage, assault

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1. List of paraphrases for "violence":

   violent, abuse, violencia, gewalt, violences, force, assault, brutality

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1. Tony Abbott:

   This was the act of someone who was way beyond any mainstream, any mainstream, and has been rightly, absolutely repudiated by all the communities of Australia, we want to know why Man Haron Monis wasn't being monitored, given Man Haron Monis history of violence, Man Haron Monis history of mental instability, and Man Haron Monis history of infatuation with extremism.

2. Ronald Neumann:

   In some places it’s more violence, in some places its disease. Now we’ve got a new one that nobody knows what the hell it is, so you do the best to give diplomats and families options, and you soldier on, because that’s what the profession is about.

3. Andrew Henderson:

   It's really concerning to me that someone would encourage violence on a day celebrating a man who taught peace.

4. Brian Babin:

   Keeping citizens safe should be the top priority of every elected official, last year, we watched as cities across America were ravaged by violence and crime because their leaders repeatedly chose to abandon law enforcement and bend the knee to the radical Left. We are a nation of law and order, and we should be working to support police departments more, not less. City officials who willingly ignore the rule of law, fight to defund law enforcement, and allow chaos to reign supreme, should not be given federal funds – plain and simple.

5. Rowan Cody:

   This is not just about survival. Sites must provide for refugees' basic needs, increasing desperation is already leading to spikes of violence and an increase in mental health issues. How much more can these people bear?