Associations to the word «Violence»

Wiktionary

VIOLENCE, noun. Extreme force.
VIOLENCE, noun. Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
VIOLENCE, noun. Widespread fighting.
VIOLENCE, noun. (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
VIOLENCE, noun. (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation

Dictionary definition

VIOLENCE, noun. 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".
VIOLENCE, noun. The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence".
VIOLENCE, noun. A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc..

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.