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Violently

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Adverb

1. violently

in a violent manner

Example Sentences:
'they attacked violently'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Violently

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adjective
1. 
marked or caused by great physical force or violence
a violent stab
2. 
(of a person) tending to the use of violence, esp in order to injure or intimidate others
3. 
marked by intensity of any kind
a violent clash of colours
4. 
characterized by an undue use of force; severe; harsh
5. 
caused by or displaying strong or undue mental or emotional force
a violent tongue
6. 
tending to distort the meaning or intent
a violent interpretation of the text

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Violently

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adjective
1. 
a. 
acting with or characterized by great physical force, so as to injure, damage, or destroy
b. 
acting or characterized by force unlawfully or callously used
2. 
caused by violence
a violent death
3. 
a. 
showing, or resulting from, strong feeling or emotion; vehement; furious
violent language
b. 
emotionally disturbed to an uncontrollable degree
4. 
extreme; intense; very strong
a violent storm
5. 
tending to distort the meaning
to put a violent construction on a text

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Violently

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adj.
1.
a. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force: a violent car crash; a violent attack.
b. Characterized by or displaying physical violence: a violent past; a violent movie.
c. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes: a violent death.
d. Given to physical violence: a violent criminal.
2.
a. Very forceful: the violent tossing of the ship by the waves; a violent squall.
b. Intense or extreme, especially in emotion: violent anger.
c. Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger: a violent argument.
3. Vivid, as in brightness or saturation: violent colors.
4. Tending to distort meaning or intent: a violent interpretation of a text.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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