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violent adjective (CAUSING HURT)
- Many football fans are unfairly accused of violent behaviour.
- Although sexual and violent crimes have increased by 10%, they remain only a tiny fraction of the total number of crimes committed each year.
- Some scenes are violent and may disturb younger viewers.
- There were violent confrontations between police and demonstrators.
- The woman had fled from her violent husband to a women's refuge in Chelmsford.
violent adjective (STRONG)
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- beefy
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- high-octane
- intensely
- invincible
- invincibly
- invulnerable
- keenly
- lusty
- reckon
- sinewy
- souped-up
- stout
- stoutly
- sturdily
- superhuman
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