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Definition
violence 
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1 CAUSING HURT when someone tries to hurt or kill someone else
an act of violence
A number of people were killed in the violence.
Violence against women has increased in recent years.
2 EXTREME FORCE extreme force and energy, especially of something causing damage
Such was the violence of the explosion that three buildings collapsed.
