violence meaning and definition

VIOLENCE noun

Definition of violence (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: force
2. the property of being wild or turbulent
   • "the storm's violence"
   • synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, wildness
3. a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.