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# violence

«violence» in Mova's school dictionary: **behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (violence — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Violence is behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or kill someone or to damage something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#m1)

2) Violence is great force or strength, as in a storm: «the violence of the wind». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#m2)

3) Violence can also mean strong, wild anger or feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on safety, feelings and the law, pupils learn that violence — hitting, kicking, hurting — is never the right way to solve a problem; talk, walk away and get a trusted adult. «Violence at home» is something to tell a teacher or a helpline about. In geography and science, storms, volcanoes and earthquakes erupt with great violence. Films and games have age ratings partly because of violence. Phrases: «act of violence», «use violence», «violence against», «domestic violence».

### examples

- Violence is never the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x1)
- The film is rated 12 because of violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x2)
- Tell an adult if you see violence at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x3)
- The storm hit the coast with great violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x4)
- The police stopped the violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x5)
- Schools teach ways to solve problems without violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x6)
- The volcano erupted with terrible violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x7)
- Such mistrust, such violence, would cause them both great unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «violence», not «a violence». Adjective: violent; adverb: violently. Not the same as «violets» (flowers) or «violin». If someone is hurting you, it's not your fault — tell someone you trust.

### In the corpora

- [Prison, crime and police violence are hard things, so people find softer words for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/0/)
- ["Use of force" is the official phrase for violence by police.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/18/)
- [Ratings are about content such as violence, blood, fear and bad language, not about how difficult a game is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/23/)
- [A game with no blood can still be rated 12 or 16 for its fighting and violence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/25/)
- [A game rated 18 can contain realistic violence, crime, strong swearing and adult scenes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «violence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.