Violence

//ˈvaɪ.(ə.)ləns//

Synonyms for "violence" (170 found)

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Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

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Noun(2 words)
vehemencewildness

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More general

8 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

5 entries

at location

3 entries

capable of

4 entries

causes

2 entries

defined as

2 entries

derived

15 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

14 entries

used for

2 entries

Translations

223 translations across 86 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • geweld noun (extreme force)
  • geweld noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Albanian

1 entries
  • dhunë noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βία noun (extreme force)
  • βία noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عَنْف noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • عُنْف noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • عُنْف noun (widespread fighting)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բռնություն noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • zorakılıq noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • şiddət noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Basque

3 entries
  • biolentzia noun (extreme force)
  • indarkeria noun (extreme force)
  • indarkeria noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • гвалт noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • лю́тасьць noun (extreme force)
  • сі́ла noun (extreme force)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • наси́лие noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • насилие noun (widespread fighting)
  • сила noun (extreme force)

Catalan

2 entries
  • violència noun (extreme force)
  • violència noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 傷害 /伤害 noun (injustice, wrong)
  • 暴力 noun (extreme force)
  • 暴力 noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • 暴力 noun (widespread fighting)

Corsican

2 entries
  • viulenza noun (extreme force)
  • viulinza noun (extreme force)

Czech

1 entries
  • násilí noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Danish

2 entries
  • vold noun (extreme force)
  • vold noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Dutch

3 entries
  • geweld noun (extreme force)
  • geweld noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • geweld noun (widespread fighting)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • perforto noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • perforto noun (widespread fighting)

Estonian

2 entries
  • vägivald noun (extreme force)
  • vägivald noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rajuus noun (extreme force)
  • voimakeinot noun (extreme force)
  • väkivalta noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • väkivaltaisuudet noun (widespread fighting)

French

2 entries
  • violence noun (extreme force)
  • violence noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Galician

1 entries
  • violencia noun (extreme force)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ძალადობა noun (extreme force)
  • ძალადობა noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ძალდატანება noun (extreme force)
  • ძალდატანება noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

German

4 entries
  • Gewalt noun (extreme force)
  • Gewalt noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • Gewalttaten noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • Gewalttätigkeiten noun (widespread fighting)

Greek

4 entries
  • αδικία noun (injustice, wrong)
  • βία noun (extreme force)
  • βία noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • βία noun (widespread fighting)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אַלִּימוּת noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • אלימות noun (extreme force)

Hindi

4 entries
  • हिंसा noun (extreme force)
  • हिंसा noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • हिंसा noun (widespread fighting)
  • हिंसा noun (injustice, wrong)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • erőszak noun (extreme force)
  • erőszak noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • ofbeldi noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • offors noun (extreme force)
  • ofsi noun (extreme force)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kekerasan noun (extreme force)
  • kekerasan noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • kekerasan noun (widespread fighting)

Irish

4 entries
  • cumhacht noun (extreme force)
  • dochar noun (injustice, wrong)
  • foréigean noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • foréigean noun (widespread fighting)

Italian

2 entries
  • violenza noun (extreme force)
  • violenza noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 暴力 noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • 暴行 noun (widespread fighting)
  • 曲解 noun (injustice, wrong)
  • 歪曲 noun (injustice, wrong)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಹಿಂಸೆ noun (extreme force)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • зорлық noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • зорлық-зомбылық noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការរំលោភ noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Korean

4 entries
  • 격렬(激烈)함 noun (extreme force)
  • 곡해 noun (injustice, wrong)
  • 맹렬(猛烈)함 noun (extreme force)
  • 왜곡 noun (injustice, wrong)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • зомбулук noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Ladin

1 entries
  • viulënza noun (extreme force)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Latin

1 entries
  • violentia noun (extreme force)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vardarbība noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • smurtas noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • насилство noun (extreme force)
  • насилство noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • насилство noun (widespread fighting)
  • не́правда noun (injustice, wrong)

Malay

3 entries
  • keganasan noun (extreme force)
  • keganasan noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • keganasan noun (widespread fighting)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അക്രമം noun (extreme force)

Maltese

1 entries
  • vjolenza noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Marathi

2 entries
  • हिंसा noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • हिंसा noun (widespread fighting)

Middle English

3 entries
  • violence noun (extreme force)
  • violence noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • violence noun (injustice, wrong)

Māori

3 entries
  • taitōkaitanga noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • tūkeri noun (extreme force)
  • whakarekereke noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • şidet noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • vold noun (extreme force)
  • vold noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • vold noun (widespread fighting)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • vald noun (extreme force)
  • vald noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • vald noun (widespread fighting)

Occitan

3 entries
  • violencia noun (extreme force)
  • violéncia noun (extreme force)
  • violéncia noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Old English

2 entries
  • stræc noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • stræc noun (widespread fighting)

Pashto

3 entries
  • تشدد noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • خشونت noun (extreme force)
  • خشونت noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Persian

2 entries
  • خشونت noun (extreme force)
  • خشونت noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Polish

3 entries
  • gwałt noun (injustice, wrong)
  • gwałtowność noun (extreme force)
  • przemoc noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • hostilidade noun (widespread fighting)
  • injustiça noun (injustice, wrong)
  • violência noun (extreme force)
  • violência noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ਹਿੰਸਾ noun (extreme force)
  • ਹਿੰਸਾ noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ਹਿੰਸਾ noun (widespread fighting)
  • ਹਿੰਸਾ noun (injustice, wrong)

Romanian

2 entries
  • violență noun (extreme force)
  • violență noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Russian

4 entries
  • наси́лие noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • наси́лие noun (widespread fighting)
  • неи́стовство noun (extreme force)
  • си́ла noun (extreme force)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • त्विष् noun (extreme force)
  • रभस् noun (extreme force)
  • हिंसा noun (extreme force)
  • हिंसा noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • violentza noun (extreme force)
  • violèntza noun (extreme force)

Scots

3 entries
  • veeolence noun (extreme force)
  • veeolence noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • violence noun (extreme force)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • ainneart noun (extreme force)
  • ainneart noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ainneart noun (widespread fighting)
  • brùidealachd noun (extreme force)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nasilje noun (extreme force)
  • násīlje noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • násīlje noun (widespread fighting)
  • nèprāvda noun (injustice, wrong)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • viulenza noun (extreme force)

Sinhalese

4 entries
  • ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය noun (extreme force)
  • ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය noun (widespread fighting)
  • ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය noun (injustice, wrong)

Slovak

1 entries
  • násilie noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nasilje noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Spanish

2 entries
  • violencia noun (extreme force)
  • violencia noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Swedish

4 entries
  • våld noun (extreme force)
  • våld noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • våld noun (injustice, wrong)
  • våldsverkan noun (widespread fighting)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • dahas noun (extreme force)
  • karahasan noun (extreme force)
  • karahasan noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Tajik

2 entries
  • хушунат noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ҷабр noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வன்முறை noun (extreme force)

Telugu

2 entries
  • హింస noun (extreme force)
  • హింస noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Thai

2 entries
  • ความรุนแรง noun (extreme force)
  • ความรุนแรง noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ལོག་གཡེམ་མམ་ཉེས་སྤྱོད noun (extreme force)
  • ལོག་གཡེམ་མམ་ཉེས་སྤྱོད noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şiddet noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýowuzlyk noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • наси́лля noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • наси́льство noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ґвалт noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Urdu

4 entries
  • تشدد noun (extreme force)
  • تشدد noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • ہنسا noun (extreme force)
  • ہنسا noun (widespread fighting)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • kuch noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • shiddat noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • zoʻravonlik noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
  • zoʻrlik noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bạo lực noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Welsh

4 entries
  • anfodd noun (extreme force)
  • anfoddau noun (extreme force)
  • trais noun (extreme force)
  • trais noun (widespread fighting)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • geweld noun (extreme force)
  • geweld noun (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • געוואַלט noun (extreme force)

Sample sentences

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Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.

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Can you justify the use of violence?

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Your words are as good as violence.

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We should not resort to violence.

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