violence

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    force,
  • (n) the property of being wild or turbulent
    • the storm's violence
    ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, wildness, fury,
  • (n) a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

Synonyms

force ferocity fierceness furiousness vehemence wildness fury

Words of close approximity

violent