violent
Example Sentences
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“The experience of revolution and foreign or violent efforts cannot produce desirable results,” he told a reformist newspaper after the unrest started.
Someone had sent me this thing that said that I “lashed out” or used a word that was quite a violent one, like I was lashing back at James Cameron.
From Los Angeles Times
“A program intended to promote treatment must never be allowed to erode accountability for the most serious and violent crimes against children,” she said in a statement online.
From Los Angeles Times
The new observations suggest a much more violent beginning, where heating happens earlier and more rapidly than predicted.
From Science Daily
Since switching to a new federal reporting system, the department includes more than just violent killings in its count.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
