nonviolent
Example Sentences
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King won the Nobel Peace Price in 1964 for his leadership during the Civil Rights movement and commitment to nonviolent protest.
From Barron's
If the protests were disciplined and nonviolent, they could do what King’s strategy was designed to do: separate types, force belief-updating among moderates, and make repression politically costly.
In October 1964 the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was deposed in a nonviolent coup.
If such a feat is actually accomplished, it will be thanks to collective, nonviolent power and solidarity — not a lone man with a gun.
From Salon
Some in the community thought he was “crazy” for bothering with nonviolent methods.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
