What is another word for violence?
845 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ vˈa͡ɪ͡ələns], [ vˈaɪələns], [ v_ˈaɪə_l_ə_n_s]
Violence, the act of physical force intended to hurt, damage or kill someone or something, is a destructive form of behavior. There are several synonyms for the word "violence," such as brutality, rage, savagery, cruelty, aggression, and hostility. Brutality implies extreme and cruel violence, while rage suggests an outburst of uncontrolled anger. Savagery implies primitive, wild and destructive behavior, whereas cruelty refers to causing pain and suffering intentionally. Aggression represents the tendency to attack or harm others, and hostility refers to deliberate ill-will and antagonism towards someone or something. Synonyms for violence, therefore, help to capture the many different facets of physical aggression and help us to better understand and prevent it.
Synonyms for Violence:
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adj.
• ferocity- crueltier ,
- crueltiest ,
- more barbarity ,
- more bloodthirstiness ,
- more brutality ,
- more ferociousness ,
- more murderousness ,
- more savagery ,
- more viciousness ,
- more violence ,
- more wildness ,
- most barbarity ,
- most bloodthirstiness ,
- most brutality ,
- most ferociousness ,
- most murderousness ,
- most savagery ,
- most viciousness ,
- most violence ,
- most wildness .
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n.
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- calamity ,
- catastrophe ,
- disaster .
- Rankling ,
- animosity ,
- annoyance ,
- antagonism ,
- blow up ,
- chagrin ,
- choler ,
- conniption ,
- dander ,
- disapprobation ,
- displeasure ,
- distemper ,
- enmity ,
- exasperation ,
- huff ,
- indignation ,
- ire ,
- irritation ,
- mad ,
- peevishness ,
- petulance ,
- pique ,
- resentment ,
- soreness ,
- tantrum ,
- tiff ,
- umbrage ,
- vexation .
- aggression ,
- barrage ,
- battle ,
- bombardment ,
- charge ,
- combat ,
- foray ,
- furor ,
- invasion ,
- offense ,
- onslaught ,
- outbreak ,
- raid ,
- riot ,
- siege ,
- sortie ,
- spasm ,
- strike ,
- thrust ,
- tirade ,
- war ,
- warfare .
- driving ,
- goad ,
- hang-up ,
- impelling ,
- motive ,
- necessity ,
- repression ,
- spring ,
- spur ,
- suppression .
- agitation ,
- brawl ,
- clamor ,
- convulsion ,
- derangement ,
- disarrangement ,
- eruption ,
- fracas ,
- hindrance ,
- insurrection ,
- interruption ,
- intrusion ,
- perturbation ,
- quake ,
- quarrel ,
- racket ,
- restlessness ,
- tremor .
- action ,
- bout ,
- brush ,
- collision ,
- conflict ,
- contention ,
- contest ,
- dispute ,
- engagement ,
- hassle ,
- run-in ,
- scrap ,
- skirmish .
- Incorrigibility ,
- abandonment ,
- bias ,
- bigotry ,
- contumacy ,
- dedication ,
- devotion ,
- dogma ,
- extremism ,
- faction ,
- illiberalities ,
- illiberality ,
- immoderation ,
- in justice ,
- infatuation ,
- intolerance ,
- monomania ,
- obsessiveness ,
- obstinacy ,
- partiality ,
- partisanship ,
- prejudice ,
- single-mindedness ,
- singlemindedness ,
- stubbornness ,
- superstition ,
- tenacity ,
- transport ,
- unfairness ,
- unreasonableness ,
- unruliness ,
- willfulness ,
- zeal ,
- zealotry .
- constrait ,
- constraits ,
- dynamisms ,
- ex action ,
- ex actions ,
- ex-action ,
- ex-actions ,
- full head steam ,
- horsepowers ,
- subjections ,
- what it take ,
- what take ,
- what takes .
- ax grind ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- hoo ha ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in-jury ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- un happinesses ,
- un-happiness ,
- un-happinesses .
- banefulnesses ,
- deleteriousnesses ,
- dis service ,
- dis services ,
- dis-service ,
- dis-services ,
- marrings ,
- mis chance ,
- mis chances ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-chance ,
- mis-chances ,
- mis-chief ,
- mis-chiefs ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- noxiousnesses ,
- perniciousnesses ,
- sinfulnesses ,
- wear tear .
- ants pants ,
- dis quietude ,
- dis quietudes ,
- dis-quietude ,
- dis-quietudes ,
- edginesses ,
- fretfulnesses ,
- irritablenesses ,
- quick tempers ,
- shortnesses ,
- snappinesses ,
- un easiness ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses .
- bloodthirstinesses ,
- brutishnesses ,
- callousnesses ,
- cold bloodedness ,
- cold bloodednesses ,
- cold-bloodednesses ,
- coldbloodednesses ,
- heartlessnesses ,
- in humanities ,
- in humanity ,
- in-humanities ,
- in-humanity ,
- ruthlessnesses .
- ex cess ,
- ex-cess ,
- ex-cesses ,
- high pitches ,
- in tenseness ,
- in tensenesses ,
- in tensities ,
- in tensity ,
- in-tenseness ,
- in-tensenesses ,
- in-tensities ,
- in-tensity ,
- intensenesses ,
- tensenesses ,
- weightinesses ,
- wildnesses .
- in dignities ,
- in-dignities ,
- mis doing ,
- mis doings ,
- mis-doing ,
- mis-doings ,
- out rage ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages ,
- ravishings .
- golpe ,
- guerrilla activity ,
- over turn ,
- radical change ,
- re-formation ,
- risings ,
- shake-up ,
- transformations ,
- turnover ,
- turnovers ,
- underground activities ,
- underground activity .
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v.
• strong-arm Other synonyms:
- Natural Disaster ,
- Vehemency ,
- act of god ,
- barbarism ,
- bloodlust ,
- cataclysm ,
- ferociousness ,
- full-court press ,
- geohazard ,
- mayhem ,
- road rage ,
- saber rattling ,
- state of emergency .
- apocalypse ,
- coercion ,
- duress ,
- misrule ,
- restraint ,
- revolution .
- compulsion ,
- constraint .
- pressure .
- depth .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- acuteness ,
- assault ,
- attitude ,
- behaviour ,
- bestiality ,
- bloodshed ,
- brutality ,
- carnage ,
- characteristic ,
- clash ,
- confusion ,
- cruelty ,
- disturbance ,
- feature ,
- fervour ,
- fighting ,
- forcefulness ,
- property ,
- pugnaciousness ,
- pugnacity ,
- quality ,
- rampage ,
- sadism ,
- savagery ,
- severity ,
- sharpness ,
- storminess ,
- strength ,
- strong-arm ,
- struggle ,
- terrorism ,
- trait ,
- treatment ,
- tumult ,
- viciousness .
- Antinomy ,
- BRUTUM FULMEN ,
- Bloodiness ,
- Civil Disorder ,
- Combustibility ,
- DO ,
- Ebullition ,
- Intenseness ,
- Maihem ,
- Malefaction ,
- Perturbability ,
- Phrensy ,
- Prickliness ,
- Trashing ,
- abnormal ,
- abusive ,
- acerbity ,
- acidity ,
- acridity ,
- acrimony ,
- acute ,
- affray ,
- aggressiveness ,
- aggro ,
- agitability ,
- anarchy ,
- anger ,
- animality ,
- annoy ,
- arbitrariness ,
- ardor ,
- argumentum baculinum ,
- arrogate ,
- astringency ,
- atrocious ,
- atrociousness ,
- balefulness ,
- barbarousness ,
- battery ,
- battle royal ,
- beastliness ,
- bedlam ,
- bite ,
- bitter ,
- bitterness ,
- blood-letting ,
- bloodthirst ,
- bloodthirstiness ,
- bloody-mindedness ,
- blowup ,
- blunt ,
- bluster ,
- boisterousness ,
- bother ,
- bovver ,
- brawling ,
- break ,
- brouhaha ,
- bruise ,
- brunt ,
- brutal ,
- brutalness ,
- brute force ,
- buffet ,
- burden ,
- burst ,
- bustle ,
- butchery ,
- cannibalism ,
- carfuffle ,
- causticity ,
- chaos ,
- clamour ,
- coerce ,
- come to ,
- compel ,
- constrain ,
- contrary ,
- craze ,
- crude ,
- cruel ,
- cruelness ,
- damage ,
- damaging ,
- dangerousness ,
- dead letter ,
- deadliness ,
- deface ,
- delirium ,
- desperation ,
- despotism ,
- destruction ,
- devastation ,
- discourteous ,
- disfigure ,
- disobedience ,
- disorder ,
- disorderliness ,
- disorderly conduct ,
- disruption ,
- distort ,
- distraction ,
- distress ,
- do violence to ,
- donnybrook ,
- dreadful ,
- dynamism ,
- edge ,
- edginess ,
- effect ,
- effervescence ,
- emotional instability ,
- emotionalism ,
- emphasis ,
- encounter ,
- encroach ,
- energy ,
- enforce ,
- enormity ,
- enthusiasm ,
- eumenides ,
- evil ,
- evil-doing ,
- exact ,
- excessive force ,
- excitability ,
- excitableness ,
- explosion ,
- explosiveness ,
- extremity ,
- fanaticism ,
- ferment ,
- ferocious ,
- fervency ,
- fervidness ,
- fervor ,
- fiendishness ,
- fierce ,
- flap ,
- force out ,
- foul ,
- foul play ,
- fray ,
- free-for-all ,
- furiousness ,
- furore ,
- fuss ,
- garble ,
- genocide ,
- go against ,
- gravity ,
- grievance ,
- grip ,
- gross ,
- harass ,
- hardness ,
- harm ,
- harshness ,
- havoc ,
- heartless ,
- heat ,
- high pressure ,
- high words ,
- hostility ,
- hot blood ,
- hubbub ,
- hullabaloo ,
- hurly-burly ,
- hysteria ,
- hysterics ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-treatment ,
- ill-usage ,
- ill-use ,
- illegality ,
- imbroglio ,
- impact ,
- impatience ,
- impetuosity ,
- impolite ,
- inclemency ,
- inflammability ,
- inflict ,
- infringe ,
- inhuman ,
- inhumaneness ,
- injure ,
- injuriousness ,
- injury ,
- injustice ,
- insubordination ,
- intense ,
- interregnum ,
- intimidation ,
- intoxication ,
- intractability ,
- irascibility ,
- irritability ,
- keenness ,
- kerfuffle ,
- killing ,
- lawlessness ,
- license ,
- licentiousness ,
- loosening ,
- lynch law ,
- madness ,
- maim ,
- malignancy ,
- malignity ,
- maltreat ,
- maltreatment ,
- maul ,
- merciless ,
- might ,
- mightiness ,
- military force ,
- military unit ,
- mindlessness ,
- mistreatment ,
- molestation ,
- mordacity ,
- mordancy ,
- murder ,
- murderousness ,
- necessitate ,
- nemesis ,
- nervousness ,
- nihilism ,
- noxiousness ,
- obdurate ,
- oblige ,
- obstinate ,
- onus ,
- oppress ,
- oppression ,
- outburst ,
- outlawry ,
- pandemonium ,
- paroxysm ,
- passion ,
- perniciousness ,
- personnel ,
- perverse ,
- pierce ,
- pirate ,
- pitch ,
- pitiless ,
- pitilessness ,
- poignancy ,
- point ,
- poisonousness ,
- potency ,
- power ,
- punch-up ,
- rabid ,
- raging ,
- raving ,
- recalcitrant ,
- reduce ,
- relaxation ,
- remission ,
- remorseless ,
- repress ,
- require ,
- rigor ,
- rigour ,
- rioting ,
- rough-house ,
- roughness ,
- row ,
- rowdiness ,
- rowdyism ,
- ruckus ,
- ruction ,
- rude ,
- ruffianism ,
- rumble ,
- rumpus ,
- rush ,
- ruthless ,
- ruthlessness ,
- savageness ,
- scourge ,
- scratch ,
- scuffle ,
- sensitivity ,
- seriousness ,
- shock ,
- skittishness ,
- slaughter ,
- smite ,
- stab ,
- sternness ,
- sting ,
- strain ,
- stress ,
- stridency ,
- strife ,
- stringency ,
- strong-arm tactics ,
- tartness ,
- teeth ,
- tempestuousness ,
- tizzy ,
- to-do ,
- touchiness ,
- toxicity ,
- trample under foot ,
- transgress ,
- trench on ,
- trenchancy ,
- trouble ,
- truculence ,
- turbulence ,
- twist ,
- unkindness ,
- unrest ,
- up to ,
- upheaval ,
- upset ,
- usurp ,
- vengeance ,
- venom ,
- venomousness ,
- vigorousness ,
- vigour ,
- violate ,
- violation ,
- virulence ,
- virulency ,
- wantonness ,
- warp ,
- weight ,
- wicked ,
- wrench ,
- wrongdoing .
- Banefulness ,
- Broadsides ,
- Irritableness ,
- Mads ,
- POWS ,
- Rabidity ,
- Rampancy ,
- SINEWS ,
- TODO ,
- Velitation ,
- a must ,
- ants in pants ,
- bad deed ,
- bad deeds ,
- bickerings ,
- big scene ,
- big stink ,
- boiling point ,
- broadside ,
- brutishness ,
- callousness ,
- cat fit ,
- cold-bloodedness ,
- coldbloodedness ,
- cruel act ,
- deleteriousness ,
- dirty trick ,
- drumfire ,
- ferocities ,
- fierceness ,
- fisticuffs ,
- flack ,
- flacks ,
- flare up ,
- fretfulness ,
- full force ,
- full head of steam ,
- funny business ,
- fury ,
- gall ,
- hang up ,
- hangup ,
- hastiness ,
- hatred ,
- heartlessness ,
- high pitch ,
- hissy fit ,
- hooha ,
- horsepower ,
- ill humor ,
- ill temper ,
- impulsion ,
- impulsions ,
- infuriation ,
- inhumanity ,
- intensity ,
- irateness ,
- jeremiad ,
- miff ,
- molestations ,
- muggings ,
- no-no ,
- no-no's ,
- no-nos ,
- outrage ,
- pow ,
- quick temper ,
- rage ,
- set to ,
- set-to ,
- setto ,
- shivaree ,
- shortness ,
- sinew ,
- sinfulness ,
- slow burn ,
- snappiness ,
- sores ,
- stew ,
- stimulus ,
- stink ,
- storm ,
- strong-arm tactic ,
- subjection ,
- tenseness ,
- thumpings ,
- to do ,
- topsyturvy ,
- turmoil ,
- uprising ,
- uproar ,
- vehemence ,
- violence ,
- weightiness ,
- what it takes ,
- wrathfulness .
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How to use "Violence" in context?
Violence. Is. A. Terrible. Experience. on any level. There is no justification, no reasoning, nothing that can justify it. It is one of the most tragic things that can happen in life, and it often leaves scars that never heal. Violence can take many forms, be it physical, mental, emotional, or sexual. No one deserves to experience violence, let alone be the one perpetrating it. There are so many victims of violence, but it doesn't have to be this way.
Paraphrases for Violence:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
attacks.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Children, women, breaches, instruments.
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Noun, singular or mass
ill-treatment, challenges.
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Verb, past tense
directed.
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Verb, past participle
identified, noted, taken, Introduced.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
abusive, non-violent, non-violence.
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Proper noun, singular
non-violence, violencia.
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Noun, plural
Atrocities, Hostilities, Riots, Soldiers, disputes, abuses, issues, assaults, beatings.
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Noun, singular or mass
atrocity, brutality, coercion, confrontation, cruelty, insurgency, riot, rioting, terror, thuggery, unrest, non-violence.
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Adverb
violently.
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Verb, past participle
committed.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Violence:
n.
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act
aggression, hostility.
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state
upheaval, Sturm Und Drang, turbulence.
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act
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