Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a violent manner; by violence; by force; forcibly; vehemently; outrageously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a violent manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
violent manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a violent manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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It rocked violently from the impact of his body, but she was full up on her knees and swinging the whip.
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To remove 10-12 million people from US territory non-violently is not feasible and if attempted would be a crime against humanity.
Thoughts on Immigration, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He saw two more taken violently from the country that loved them.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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I heard one of my crewmen scream as the Helicopter began to spin violently and shake.
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To remove 10-12 million people from US territory non-violently is not feasible and if attempted would be a crime against humanity.
Thoughts on Immigration, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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When the Northlanders swing their sword and ax, it's with bold, dark strokes that fill the panels with energy, sometimes breaking violently from the borders.
What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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Wordsworth's Beau Monde reviewer, by contrast, is clearly made nervous by the poem's "Jacobin" implication that the poor would be justified in violently seizing their rights, or having rights seized on their behalf. close window
Notes on 'Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music' 2008
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In January, a report by the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government estimated that 151,000 might have died violently from the war's start through June 2006.
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Reposed possessed girl flails up to begin violently thrashing front to back side to side to swirl & contortatop the bed.
Boing Boing 2006
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What offends me violently is when a character is represented as a Good and Upright and Virtuous Hero, when almost his every act betrays him as a villain of the most heinous kind.
Death carries a camcorder superversive 2006
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