violence

/ˈvaɪələns/ noun [U]

Definition

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.

EXTREME FORCE › extreme force and energy, especially of something causing damage: Such was the violence of the explosion that three buildings collapsed.

(Definition of violence noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)