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violated her.<br />

violation n. 1 infringement, breach, disregard, disobedience,<br />

contravention, abuse; ignoring, infringing, breaching,<br />

disregarding, disobeying, contravening, abusing, violating:<br />

Parking here is a violation <strong>of</strong> the law. Violation <strong>of</strong> the rules<br />

will be dealt with summarily. 2 pr<strong>of</strong>anation, pr<strong>of</strong>aning,<br />

sacrilege, desecration, desecrating, defilement, defiling,<br />

degradation, degrading, dishonour, dishonouring, debasement,<br />

debasing, violating: <strong>The</strong> authorities take a serious view <strong>of</strong> the<br />

violation <strong>of</strong> a place <strong>of</strong> worship or a cemetery. 3 rape,<br />

ravishment, molestation, attack, outrage, assault, violating:<br />

<strong>The</strong> defendant is charged with the violation <strong>of</strong> three women.<br />

violence n. 1 (brute or physical) force, might, mightiness, power,<br />

strength, severity, intensity, energy, vehemence, ferocity,<br />

ferociousness, fierceness, fury, vigour; destructiveness,<br />

virulence: <strong>The</strong> violence <strong>of</strong> the storm continued unabated<br />

throughout the night. <strong>The</strong> violence <strong>of</strong> the seizures diminished<br />

after she was given the medication. 2 bestiality, brutality,<br />

barbarity, savagery, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, wildness,<br />

ferocity, frenzy, fury, passion, fierceness, vehemence,<br />

murderousness: <strong>The</strong> marauders attacked with a violence that<br />

terrified the villagers. 3 do violence to. a harm, damage,<br />

injure: <strong>The</strong> scandal did violence to her reputation. Humphrey's<br />

singing could do violence to any melody. b warp, twist, distort:<br />

In reporting that her views are antifeminist, the newspaper did<br />

violence to the import <strong>of</strong> her speech.<br />

violent adj. 1 wild, physical, destructive, vehement, brutal, brutish,<br />

beastly, nasty, cruel, mean, barbarous, inhuman, savage, fierce,<br />

ferocious, furious, frenzied, uncontrollable, untamed,<br />

ungovernable, raging, raving, irrational, insane, crazed, Colloq<br />

fit to be tied: Tony turned into a violent maniac when he<br />

suspected her <strong>of</strong> seeing another man. 2 harmful, injurious,<br />

damaging, detrimental, destructive, deleterious, catastrophic,<br />

cataclysmic, ruinous, devastating: This was the most violent<br />

earthquake to hit Mexico in recorded history. 3 acute, serious,<br />

severe, extreme, harsh, trenchant, virulent, intense, energetic,<br />

forceful, vehement, passionate, impetuous,tempestuous: <strong>The</strong><br />

proceedings were interrupted by an outburst <strong>of</strong> violent abuse<br />

from the public gallery.

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