nnoun.actan act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)Synset:force
Examples:- he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Derivationally Related Form:forceviolent
Hypernyms:aggression hostility
Inherited Hypernyms:violenceaggressionactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:domestic violencepublic violenceriotroad rage
Full Hyponyms:domestic violencerace riotriotroad rage
nnoun.attributethe property of being wild or turbulentSynset:ferocity fierceness furiousness fury vehemence wildness
Derivationally Related Form:violentvehementferociousfuriousfiercewild
Hypernyms:intensity intensiveness
Inherited Hypernyms:ferocityintensitydegreepropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:savagenesssavagery
nnoun.statea turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.Derivationally Related Form:violent
Hypernyms:Sturm und Drang turbulence upheaval
Inherited Hypernyms:violenceturbulencedisorderstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:rage