violence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  2. noun the property of being wild or turbulent
  3. noun a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.

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