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1. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
   "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
    
2. Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
   "a violent death"
    
3. (of colours or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
   "a violent clash of colours"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise";
   - wild
    
4. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
   "violent passions";
   - fierce, tearing, vehement, trigger-happy
    
5. Characterized by violence or bloodshed
   "writes of violent deeds and barbaric days";
   - crimson, red

See also: bloody, convulsive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hostile, hot [informal], intense, knock-down-and-drag-out, knockdown-dragout, lashing, lurid, raging, rampageous, ruffianly, savage, slam-bang [informal], tough, unnatural, unpeaceful

Antonym: nonviolent

Encyclopedia: Violent