Antonyms for nonviolentnon·vi·o·lent

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1. nonviolentadjective

   abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence

   Antonyms:
   furious, lurid, knockdown-dragout, fierce, ferocious, savage, lashing, tough, raging, violent, ruffianly, bloody, slam-bang, knock-down-and-drag-out, rampageous, convulsive, hot

   Synonyms:
   unbloody

2. nonviolent, unbloodyadjective

   achieved without bloodshed

   "an unbloody transfer of power"

   Antonyms:
   ferocious, ruffianly, convulsive, tough, lurid, rampageous, hot, fierce, raging, slam-bang, violent, furious, lashing, savage, bloody, knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out

   Synonyms:
   unbloody

How to use nonviolent in a sentence?

1. John Lewis:

   I never saw him. I never met him, i was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed to voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton.

2. President Barack Obama:

   If we as a society aren't willing to deal honestly with issue of race, then we can't just expect police departments to solve these problems, if communities are being isolated and segregated, without opportunity and without investment and without jobs -- if we politicians are simply ramping up long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes that end up devastating communities, we can't then ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no able-bodied men in the community, or kids are growing up without intact households.

3. President Biden:

   Remember the final words left to us by your late Congressman, the vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

4. Kardashian West:

   If you think about a decision that you’ve made in your life and you get life without the possibility of parole for your first-time nonviolent offense, there’s just something so wrong with that.

5. Keisha Blain:

   During the civil rights movement, churches were essential for organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to reach into rural communities and inspire local activists, the Black ministers of today are employing many of the same tactics of religious leaders in the past.

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