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Definition of violence

Violence
Violence Vi"o*lence, n. [F., fr. L. violentia. See Violent.] 1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me. --Shak. All the elements At least had gone to wrack, disturbed and torn With the violence of this conflict. --Milton. 2. Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. Do violence to do man. --Luke iii. 14. We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge. --T. Burnet. Looking down, he saw The whole earth filled with violence. --Milton. 3. Ravishment; rape; constupration. To do violence on, to attack; to murder. ``She . . . did violence on herself.' --Shak. To do violence to, to outrage; to injure; as, he does violence to his own opinions. Syn: Vehemence; outrage; fierceness; eagerness; violation; infraction; infringement; transgression; oppression.
Violence
Violence Vi"o*lence, v. t. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of violence from wikipedia

- violence is the intentional use of physical force or power , threatened or actual, against a person, or against a group or community, that
- domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, dating abuse, and intimate partner violence
- the phrase violence against women is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively
- palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence undertaken to further the palestinian cause . these political objectives include
- graphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid, brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as literature , film ,
- lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt ) people frequently face violence motivated by their sexuality or gender identity violence
- the 2002 gujarat violence was a series of incidents starting with the godhra train burning and the subsequent communal violence between
- anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion incidents of violence have
- the study of media violence analyzes the degree of correlation between themes of violence in media sources (particularly video games,
- the first instance of football violence is unknown, but the [[phenomenon]] can be traced back to [[history of engla to gain the media's attention in the late 1950s due to the re-emergence of violence in [[history of association football#south america, latin american football]