violent
Example Sentences
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He narrowly escaped being killed several times and fled to Central America at the height of one of the particularly violent feuds, turning his attention instead to investing in casinos.
From BBC
The protests in Iran appear to be the most widespread and violent since the revolution.
From Salon
Economists William Collins and Robert Margo studied the economic consequences of violent unrest more directly by comparing cities and neighborhoods that experienced major riots in the late 1960s with otherwise similar places that didn’t.
The reopened prison would “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders,” he said in a post on Truth Social.
It comes at a volatile moment for the relationship between the Horn of Africa neighbours, which share a fractious and violent history.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
