violence

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Violence is behaviour that is intended to hurt, injure, or kill people. 暴力行爲(wèi)
Twenty people were killed in the violence. 有20人在這起暴力事件中被殺害。
...domestic violence between husband and wife. …夫妻間的家庭暴力。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you do or say something with violence, you use a lot of force and energy in doing or saying it, often because you are angry. 激烈[文學(xué)性]
The violence in her tone gave Tyler a shock. 她語(yǔ)氣激烈，使泰勒大爲(wèi)震驚。

A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film .
How many people have died at the hands of terrorist organizations since the violence began ?
The programme makers reject the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children .
More police were sent to help contain the violence.
This week's broadcast features a report on victims of domestic violence.