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violation n. 1 infringement, breach, disregard, disobedience,
contravention, abuse; ignoring, infringing, breaching,
disregarding, disobeying, contravening, abusing, violating:
Parking here is a violation of the law. Violation of the rules
will be dealt with summarily. 2 profanation, profaning,
sacrilege, desecration, desecrating, defilement, defiling,
degradation, degrading, dishonour, dishonouring, debasement,
debasing, violating: The authorities take a serious view of the
violation of a place of worship or a cemetery. 3 rape,
ravishment, molestation, attack, outrage, assault, violating:
The defendant is charged with the violation of three women.
violence n. 1 (brute or physical) force, might, mightiness, power,
strength, severity, intensity, energy, vehemence, ferocity,
ferociousness, fierceness, fury, vigour; destructiveness,
virulence: The violence of the storm continued unabated
throughout the night. The violence of the seizures diminished
after she was given the medication. 2 bestiality, brutality,
barbarity, savagery, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, wildness,
ferocity, frenzy, fury, passion, fierceness, vehemence,
murderousness: The marauders attacked with a violence that
terrified the villagers. 3 do violence to. a harm, damage,
injure: The scandal did violence to her reputation. Humphrey's
singing could do violence to any melody. b warp, twist, distort:
In reporting that her views are antifeminist, the newspaper did
violence to the import of her speech.
violent adj. 1 wild, physical, destructive, vehement, brutal, brutish,
beastly, nasty, cruel, mean, barbarous, inhuman, savage, fierce,
ferocious, furious, frenzied, uncontrollable, untamed,
ungovernable, raging, raving, irrational, insane, crazed, Colloq
fit to be tied: Tony turned into a violent maniac when he
suspected her of seeing another man. 2 harmful, injurious,
damaging, detrimental, destructive, deleterious, catastrophic,
cataclysmic, ruinous, devastating: This was the most violent
earthquake to hit Mexico in recorded history. 3 acute, serious,
severe, extreme, harsh, trenchant, virulent, intense, energetic,
forceful, vehement, passionate, impetuous,tempestuous: The
proceedings were interrupted by an outburst of violent abuse
from the public gallery.