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. Jacob Blumenthal:

   For a group that is so identified with being White, it’s interesting that Jews face so much prejudice in the United States, for some people who identify as people of color, it’s also hard for them to understand that a community that seems to be associated with Whiteness would still face that kind of prejudice and discrimination and even violence.

2. James Clark:

   St. Louis, we're all traumatized by the crime and the violence that grips the St. Louis metropolitan area, we all feel the hurt and the pain every day of the week.

3. Ted Wheeler:

   With strategic planning and oversight, the Portland Police Bureau and I mitigated confrontation between the two events and minimized the impact of the weekend’s events to Portlanders, in the past, these same groups have clashed with extremely violent and destructive results. This time, violence was contained to the groups of people who chose to engage in violence toward each other. The community at large was not harmed and the broader public was protected. Property damage was minimal.

4. Keith Baraka:

   As the murder of George Floyd drew attention worldwide to police abuse of Black men, we must also remember that police violence comes in many forms—including through the dehumanization that results when officers treat Black men like criminals. I am grateful to District Attorney Boudin for valuing Black lives and for refusing to excuse police violence.

5. White House:

   He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United States will draw upon our values -- our unwavering commitment to justice, equality and freedom -- to prevail over terrorist groups that use violence to advance a destructive ideology.