Violence

  • 1VIOLENCE — Comme agressivité et combativité, la violence est au principe des actions humaines individuelles ou collectives. Comme destructivité, elle menace continuellement la stabilité des relations des hommes entre eux, que ce soit en politique intérieure …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2Violence — • The stimulus or moving cause must come from without; no one can do violence to himself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Violence     Violence      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 3Violence — Vi o*lence, n. [F., fr. L. violentia. See {Violent}.] 1. The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force. [1913 Webster] That seal You ask with such a violence, the king, Mine …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4violence — I noun assault, attack, brutality, clash, convulsion, disorder, eruption, explosion, ferocity, force, fracas, furiousness, fury, inclemency, manus, onslaught, outburst, rage, rampage, ruthlessness, savagery, severity, unlawful force, vehemence,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 5Violence — Vi o*lence, v. t. To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Violence — For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). U.N. rates of physical violence resulting in death, per 100,000 inhabitants by country in 2002.[1] …

    Wikipedia

  • 7Violence — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Violence (homonymie). Taux de violence physique pour 100,000 habitants par pays en 2004 …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 8violence — noun 1 hurting other people physically ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, excessive, extreme, great, large scale, serious ▪ fresh ▪ There are fears of fresh …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 9violence — (vi o lan s ) s. f. 1°   Qualité de ce qui agit avec force. •   Comme un enfant que sa mère arrache d entre les bras des voleurs, doit aimer, dans la peine qu il souffre, la violence amoureuse et légitime de celle qui procure sa liberté, PASC.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 10VIOLENCE —    As with many other elements of silent film, early Western stars depended more on style for displaying violence than on elaborate effects. When Broncho Billy Anderson and William S. Hart shot someone, the effect was real. The audience would… …

    Westerns in Cinema