violence

n 1: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);

"he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he

cannot do by force and violence in the short one" [syn:

{force}]

2: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's

violence" [syn: {ferocity}, {fierceness}, {furiousness}, {fury},

{vehemence}, {wildness}]

3: a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.