Meaning

adjective acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

adjective effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

adjective (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vīs Latin violō Latin -entus Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

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