1. (

• violence ,
• force ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• ferocity ,
• fierceness ,
• furiousness ,
• fury ,
• vehemence ,
• violence ,
• wildness ,

) the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" ;

3. (

• violence

) a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. ;