violence

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈvaɪ(ə)lən(t)s/]

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1. violence (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Extreme force.

Example: The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.

2. violence (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.

Example: We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.

3. violence (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Widespread fighting.

Example: Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

4. violence (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To subject to violence.

Example: The key general point is that the idea of the agendered, asexual, aviolenced worker is a fiction; workers and organizational members do not exist in social abstraction; they are gendered, sexualed and violenced, partly by their position ...

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