Definition: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Usage: he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Main entry: vehemence, wildness, violence, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury
Definition: the property of being wild or turbulent
Usage: the storm's violence
Main entry: violence
Definition: a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.