Violence

"Violence" in Korean

격렬(激烈)함

gyeongnyeolham

(extreme force)

곡해

gokhae

(injustice, wrong)

맹렬(猛烈)함

maengnyeolham

(extreme force)

왜곡

waegok

(injustice, wrong)

폭력

pongnyeok

(action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)

폭행

pokhaeng

(widespread fighting)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.