ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

potent &c (powerful) 157; radioactive.
Adv. strongly &c adj.; fortiter in re [Lat.]; with telling effect.
Phr. the steam is up; vires acquirit eundo [Lat.]; the race by vigor not by vaunts is won
[Pope].
172. Physical Inertness -- N. inertness, dullness &c adj.; inertia, vis inertiae [Lat.],
inertion † , inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence &c 265; latency, inaction; passivity.
mental inertness; sloth &c (inactivity) 683; inexcitability &c 826 [Obs.]; irresolution
&c 605; obstinacy &c 606; permanence &c 141.
rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity.
V. be inert &c adj.; hang fire, smolder.
Adj. inert, inactive, passive; torpid &c 683; sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow,
blunt; unreactive; lifeless, dead, uninfluential † .
latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted † .
Adv. inactively &c adj.; in suspense, in abeyance.
173. Violence -- N. violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness
&c adj.; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot,
row, rumpus, le diable a quatre [Fr.], devil to pay, all the fat in the fire.
severity &c 739; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit,
paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia † ; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain,
shock, shog † ; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion &c (state of excitability) 825.
outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience † , discharge, volley, explosion,
blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion † , torrent.
turmoil &c (disorder) 59; ferment &c (agitation) 315; storm, tempest, rough weather;
squall &c (wind) 349; earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm.
berserk, berserker; fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone † , Megaera, Alecto † ,
madcap, wild beast; fire eater &c (blusterer) 887.
V. be violent &c adj.; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage;
run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost;
raise a storm, make a riot; rough house [Slang]; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride
roughshod, out Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire (person).
[shout or act in anger at something], explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil
over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas,
go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into
a rage (anger) 900.
break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode † , fly, detonate, thunder,
blow up, crump † , flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open.
render violent &c adj.; sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash,
stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate † , foment; accelerate, aggravate,
exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add
fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino [Lat.].
explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize † , fulminate.
Adj. violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous,
wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant.