violencyn.
/ˈvʌɪələnsi/, /ˈvʌɪəln̩si/, U.S. /ˈvaɪ(ə)lənsi/ Now somewhat rare.† 2. An instance of violence; a violent act. Obsolete.
1. Violence (in various senses).In quot. 1950 spec.: stormy weather.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun]
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airc1300
ragec1330
sturdinessc1384
violencea1387
fierceness1435
vehemencyc1487
furiosity1509
fiercetya1513
bremeness?1529
boistousness1530
vehemence1535
bruteness1538
violency1538
violentness1544
vehementness1561
wrath1579
fury1585
torture1605
keenness?1606
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stiffness1623
rapt1632
tempestuousness1648
boisterousnessa1650
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boisture1667
untamedness1727
paroxysm1893
storminess1894
1538 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Frydaye sig. I.ivv This great and myghty gyante..myghtely kepte his castell the worlde, kepte it by tiranny, by violencye and strength.
1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.vv Accordynge to the aptitude or feoblenesse in resistence of the place receauyng it: and the force or violencye of nature..sendynge it.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xix. 25 My carte wheele catchth holde of the corner poaste Against my will, and by violencie, Asunder crussheth it.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B7 Such fare, as may banish and expell contagion and violency from nature.
1674 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1911) 3rd Ser. IV. 158 His sone..by reasone of the violency of the storme, wes not able to come to this place.
1754 J. Slade Adventures Jerry Buck xii. 84 The master of the house.., in order to quell the violency of their proceedings, sent out to collect a body of watchmen.
1852 Natchez (Mississippi) Courier 17 Aug. 1/5 All animals that pretend violency in their play, stop short of exercising it.
1901 Alabama Med. Jrnl. 12 77 They make a train of symptoms which I think for violency has no equal.
1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 43 Mony hairsts brocht in ta da yard ta be biggit, shapit and roondit aff, an dan linkit doon fornenst da days o vailensi ahead.
1994 S. A. Panarin in V. V. Naumkin Central Asia & Transcaucasia iii. 88 Conflicts of the Fergana and Osh type..are short-lived in their initial form, close to social violency.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > act or instance of
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violencea1393
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violency1632
savaging1858
1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 199 Of all his violencies [Fr. violences], the most execrable was the death of the Architect, who skilfully re-edified..the..portall of Rome.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. ii. Rule 3 §2 He may do what is in his natural capacity to avoid these violencies and extremities of nature.
1681 Sanderson's XXXV Serm. 258 Although the Text speaks expresly only of death: yet..all other violencies [1657–73 violences] and injuries are intended.
1705 Duke of Marlborough Let. 6 Aug. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 467 Holland runs great risque of being undone by the violencys of partys.
1798 W. Agutter Faithful Soldier ii. 14 The Multitude, blinded by Ignorance, inflamed with Liquor, or bribed by Largesses to commit Violencies.
1845 N.Y. Herald 6 Mar. The recent violencies committed by these Indian ruffians.
1897 R. L. Dabney Pract. Philos. 489 The men of those unhappy ages, amidst whose confusions and violencies productive consumption of capital was not understood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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