violence

Roget category 173

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.3. Power in operation

#173. Violence

noun

violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity — boisterousness etc. adj. — effervescence, ebullition — turbulence, bluster — uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre [Fr.], devil to pay, all the fat in the fire.
severity etc. 739 — ferocity, rage, fury — exacerbation, exasperation, malignity — fit, paroxysm — orgasm, climax, aphrodisia^† — force, brute force — outrage — coup de main — strain, shock, shog^† — spasm, convulsion, throe — hysterics, passion etc. (state of excitability) 825.
outbreak, outburst — debacle — burst, bounce, dissilience^†, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion^†, torrent.
turmoil etc. (disorder) 59 — ferment etc. (agitation) 315 — storm, tempest, rough weather — squall etc. (wind) 349 — earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm.
berserk, berserker — fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone^†, Megaera, Alecto^†, madcap, wild beast — fire eater etc. (blusterer) 887.

verb

be violent etc. adj. — run high — ferment, effervesce — romp, rampage, go on a rampage — run wild, run amuck, run riot — break the peace — rush, tear — rush headlong, rush foremost — raise a storm, make a riot — rough house [Slang] — riot, storm — wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod — spread like wildfire (person). [shout or act in anger at something], explode, make a row, kick up a row — boil, boil over — fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof — fly into a rage (anger) 900.
break out, fly out, burst out — bounce, explode, go off, displode^†, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump^†, flash, flare, burst — shock, strain — break open, force open, prize open.
render violent etc. adj. — sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on — irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate^†, foment — accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury — fan the flame — add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino [Lat.].
explode — let fly, fly off — discharge, detonate, set off, detonize^†, fulminate.

adjective

violent, vehement — warm — acute, sharp — rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild — brusque, abrupt, waspish — impetuous — rampant.
turbulent — disorderly — blustering, raging etc. v. — troublous^†, riotous — tumultuary^†, tumultuous — obstreperous, uproarious — extravagant — unmitigated — ravening, inextinguishable, tameless — frenzied etc. (insane) 503.
desperate etc. (rash) 863 — infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics.
fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient.
savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger.
excited etc. v. — unquelled^†, unquenched, unextinguished^†, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly — headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable^† — uncontrollable, incontrollable^† — insuppressible, irrepressible — orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic.
spasmodic, convulsive, explosive — detonating etc. v. — volcanic, meteoric — stormy etc. (wind) 349.

adverb

violently etc. adj. — amain^† — by storm, by force, by main force — with might and main — tooth and nail, vi et armis [Lat.], at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet — at one fell swoop — with a high hand, through thick and thin — in desperation, with a vengeance — a outrance^†, a toute outrance [Fr.] — headlong, head foremost.

phrase

furor arma ministrat [Lat.] — blown with restless violence round about the blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure].

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