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• n  an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
• n  the property of being wild or turbulent
  the storm's violence
• n  a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

• BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Terrorists said the Ahmedabad blasts were revenge for anti-Muslim violence in 2002.
• Each attack prompts retaliation, as violence feeds on violence.
• Normally, I'd rather have the Roadrunner drop an anvil on my head than endure another research paper on violence permeating the media--especially one that views with alarm Tigger's .

• force
• ferocity
• fierceness
• furiousness
• fury
• vehemence
• wildness

News & Articles

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• VIOLENCE FORUM: Lackluster Turnout for Anti-Violence Discussion
  A group organized to combat violence near Des Moines’ Evelyn Davis Park seems to be losing some steam. But organizers...
  June 12, 2013 - WHO-TV 13 Des Moines
• VIOLENCE FORUM: Turnout Disappointment
  A group organized to combat violence near Des Moines’ Evelyn Davis Park seems to be losing some steam. But organizers...
  June 12, 2013 - WHO-TV 13 Des Moines
• Street Violence In Turkey Escalates As Riot Police Enter Taksim Square; Turkish Stocks Tank As Lira Falls
  Street violence in Turkey reached a whole new level on Tuesday after police dressed in full riot gear stormed Taksim Square in Istanbul in order to push out protesters.  The demonstrators, which have eroded Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s support base but failed to create a viable opposition movement, were dispersed with the use of tear gas and water cannon vehicles.  As riot police moved ...
  June 11, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN International
  President Obama called the shootings "tragic" and "a horrific outburst of violence."
• President Bush in USA Today
  Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain and defend itself, and be an ally in the war on terror,Bush said.