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Adjective violent has 5 senses
- violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
Antonyms: nonviolent, passive, peaceful
- violent - effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death"
Antonym: natural (indirect, via unnatural)
- violent, wild - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
- crimson, red, violent - characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
Antonym: bloodless (indirect, via bloody)
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