- (a.) Acting, characterized or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
- (a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
- (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
- (v.t.) To urge with violence.
- (n.) An assailant.
- (v.i.) To be violent; to act violently.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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