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vi·o·lent

(vī′ə-lənt)

adj.

a. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force: a violent car crash; a violent attack.

b. Characterized by or displaying physical violence: a violent past; a violent movie.

c. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes: a violent death.

d. Given to physical violence: a violent criminal.

a. Very forceful: the violent tossing of the ship by the waves; a violent squall.

b. Intense or extreme, especially in emotion: violent anger.

c. Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger: a violent argument.

3. Vivid, as in brightness or saturation: violent colors.

4. Tending to distort meaning or intent: a violent interpretation of a text.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin violentus, from vīs, vi-, force; see weiə- in Indo-European roots.]

vi′o·lent·ly adv.

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Adv.

violently - in a violent manner; "they attacked violently"

nonviolently - without violence; "the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed"

Translations

بِعُنْف

násilně

kraftigt

erőszakosan

ofsalega

violentemente

násilne

nasilno

şiddetle

强烈地

violently

[ˈvaɪələntlɪ] ADV [act] → con violencia, de manera violenta; [tremble] → violentamente; [brake] → bruscamente
she shook the child violently → sacudió al niño con violencia
to die violently → morir violentamente
to react violently to sth → reaccionar violentamente or con violencia ante algo
to fall violently in love with sb → enamorarse perdidamente de algn
to be violently opposed to sth → oponerse radicalmente a algo
he is violently anti-Communist → es un anticomunista furibundo
to be violently sick → vomitar mucho

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

violently

[ˈvaɪələntli] adv

[attack, assault, push, struggle] → violemment
to die violently → mourir de mort violente

[shake, shudder, tremble, cough] → violemment

[react] → violemment
to be violently opposed to sth → être violemment opposé(e) à qch

[ill] → terriblement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

violently

adv

(= brutally) kick, beat, attack, react, act → brutal; to die violently → eines gewaltsamen Todes sterben

(= forcefully) push, fling, hurl → kräftig; tremble, shake, shudder → heftig; swerve, brake → abrupt

(= dramatically) red and pink clash violently → Rot und Rosa beißen sich; they have quite violently opposed temperaments → sie haben völlig unvereinbare Temperamente

(= vehemently) speak → heftig, leidenschaftlich; disagree → scharf; they are violently anti-communist → sie sind militante Antikommunisten; to be violently against something or opposed to something → ein scharfer Gegner/eine scharfe Gegnerin einer Sache (gen) → sein; he expresses himself rather violently → er drückt sich sehr krass aus

(= intensely) blush → tief, heftig; fall in love → unsterblich; to be violently ill or sick → sich furchtbar übergeben; he was violently angry → er war außer sich (dat) → vor Wut; to retch/cough violently → gewaltig würgen/husten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

violently

[ˈvaɪələntlɪ] adv (attack, react) → in modo violento, violentemente; (severely, sick, angry) → terribilmente
to fall violently in love with sb → innamorarsi follemente di qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

violent

(ˈvaiələnt) adjective

1. having, using, or showing, great force. There was a violent storm at sea; a violent earthquake; He has a violent temper.

2. caused by force. a violent death.

ˈviolently adverb

ˈviolence noun

great roughness and force, often causing severe physical injury or damage. I was amazed at the violence of his temper; She was terrified by the violence of the storm.

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