1Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

与防暴警察的暴力对抗。

1. 1.1 (especially of an emotion or unpleasant or destructive natural force) very strong or powerful.
   （尤指情感或破坏性自然力）强烈的；激烈的；剧烈的；猛烈的
   violent dislike

   十分讨厌。

   the violent eruption killed 1,700 people

   猛烈的火山爆发致使1，700 人死亡。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Cinaed leaned down slightly for his yell to be heard over the violent force of the storm.
   • The most violent impulses of young soldiers have been played upon and promoted.
   • But as their relationship developed, it became clear he had an alcohol problem which set off a violent temper.
   • Perhaps using computer games like these to express violent impulses makes for a happier, healthier society.
   • He projected his own violent moods on to the canvas in red and green.
   • Somehow I just love those violent eruptions in the sky and the ensuing downpour of torrential rain.
   • In National, party presidents are despised on principle, and with a violent passion.
   • Anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity, ranging from mild irritation to violent rage.
   • The violent movement produces powerful shockwaves traveling at the speed of sound.
   • Arnold ploughed his violent ambition into his own body by working out constantly.
   • If everything was not perfect, he could fly into a violent rage.
   • I bent over to pick her up, but with a sudden spasm of violent energy she angrily pushed herself off.
   • No other individual currently on our screens and in our tabloids can solicit such violent hatred from my otherwise amiable self.
   • As a result of his injuries, Karl suffered violent mood swings, and spent the next 15 years in hospital care.
   • What would make them turn to such violent and destructive actions to destroy their own country.
   • A guidance counsellor suggested he channel his violent energies into drama.
   • This in turn has led to violent resentment on the part of those left out.
   • A woman driver was thrown to the ground in a violent road rage attack on Tuesday morning.
   • The most violent volcanoes occur at destructive plate margins, where one plate is consuming another.
   • In these situations jealousy can seem like a logical reaction to an emotionally violent incident.

   Synonyms

   intense, extreme, strong, powerful, forceful, great, vehement, wild, frenzied, raging, riotous, rampaging, rampant, out of control, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, tumultuous, intemperate, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uncurbed, unchecked, unbridled, unfettered, uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable, inordinate, excessive, consuming, passionate, overwhelming, immoderate
2. 1.2 (of a color) vivid.
   （颜色）鲜艳的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • He was covered from head to toe in violent pink paint.
   • Well Dave, it could be a trick of the light, but it looks like you are developing a "island gut" under that violent orange shirt
   • Van Gogh expressed psychological turmoil through expressionist contrasts of violent colour.
3. 1.3Law Involving an unlawful exercise or exhibition of force.
   〔律〕暴力的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • His client had earlier pleaded guilty to violent disorder and taking a vehicle without consent.
   • Governments sometimes changed quickly with the all too often violent overthrow of the regime in power.
   • Indulge in music, sex, dance, exercise, violent video games, bright lights, whatever.
   • The immediate aftermath was a series of violent and damaging strikes.
   • The training patrol turned out be a challenging exercise due to a violent dust storm.
   • Thelma has several drug-related convictions and is awaiting trial on a charge of violent disorder.
   • The plaintiff was a man with a history of mental disorder and seriously violent behaviour.
   • It is still more appalling that they were responsible for violent and shameful abuses.
   • It is facile to attribute the increase in violent crime during this period to the moratorium on executions.
   • I have to do these violent vocal exercises to get it kind of oiled up and moving.
   • Three of the defendants pleaded guilty to violent disorder last week.
   • Tphysically assaulted a member of staff in a violent and uncontrolled manner.
   • If a person has an unusually volatile, excitable or violent nature [or is drunk] he cannot rely on that as an excuse.
   • This shows that violent sabotage is by no means unknown in the passenger ferry industry.
   • They saw their father as a more violent disciplinarian than their mother.
   • The area in which the family live is a violent one with drugs and alcohol abuse prevalent.
   • He has been involved in serious and violent offending over a prolonged period of time.
   • The applicants were involved in a protest which had led to a violent disturbance.
   • This was a short, violent incident during much of which the deceased was, it seems, struggling vigorously.
   • There have been violent and, tragically, fatal incidents in the past.