LekhoriLekhoriInvolving extreme force or motion.
A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
Involving physical conflict.
We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.
Likely to use physical force.
To urge with violence.
a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial
An assailant.
Did the Covetous extortioner observe that he is involv'd in the same sentence, [and] remember that such Violents shall take not heaven, but hell, by force.
From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.
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The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.