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violently
[vahy-uh-luhnt-lee, vahy-luhnt-]
adverb
in a way that involves uncontrolled or destructive force.
He struck the table violently with his clenched fist and shouted for more.
Dramatic video shows soldiers violently removing voters from polling stations.
in an intense or extreme way.
He was violently ill after ten minutes, but soon recovered fully.
We were awoken early in the morning when the house began shaking violently.
Other 51Թ Forms
- overviolently adverb
- quasi-violently adverb
- ultraviolently adverb
- unviolently adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of violently1
Example Sentences
Alejandro Barranco said he has seen his father only a few times since he was violently tackled and beaten by masked federal agents in Orange County.
PC Ward said: "I don't think we had any time to do that. We didn't have any time for rational discussion with this male as it turned violently quickly."
They didn't want to risk her being violently detained, possibly with their children watching.
After his conviction, the Crown Prosecution Service described Barclay as "an individual that… has a history for acting violently so we knew that this was somebody that could act unprovoked in a very violent manner".
They were complicit in watching us being violently assaulted.
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