violence
/ˈvɑɪ·ə·ləns/ n [U]Definition
› extremely forceful actions that are intended to hurt people or are likely to cause damage: racial/ethnic/domestic violence She was concerned about the amount of violence on television. The storm turned out to be one of unexpected violence.
(Definition of violence n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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