Violence | Mean of violence in English Dictionary

/ˈvajələns/

• Noun
• the use of physical force to harm someone, to damage property, etc.
1. an act of violence
2. They need to learn how to settle their arguments without resorting to violence.
3. They spoke out against (the use of) violence against women.
4. Violence erupted in the streets. [=people began fighting, setting fires, etc., in the streets]
5. movies filled with sex and violence
6. gun violence
7. domestic violence [=acts or threats of physical harm that happen in the home]
• great destructive force or energy
1. The violence of the storm caused great fear.
• to harm or weaken (something)
1. They want to make a movie from the book without doing violence to the simplicity of the original story.