Definition of: violent

(vī′ə·lənt) adjective
1. Proceeding from or marked by great physical force or roughness; sudden; forcible.
2. Caused by or exhibiting intense emotional or mental excitement; passionate; impetuous; fierce.
3. Characterized by intensity of any kind; extreme: violent heat.
4. Marked by unjust exercise of force; harsh; severe: to take violent measures.
5. Resulting from external force or injury; not in the ordinary course of nature: a violent death.
6. Tending to pervert the meaning or sense: a violent construction. [<OF <L violentus <vis force]
—vi′o·lent·ly adverb Synonyms: acute, boisterous, fierce, forceful, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, immoderate, impetuous, intense, irate, mad, maniacal, outrageous, passionate, poignant, raging, raving, severe, sharp, tumultuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, vehement, wild. See FIERCE, HOT, IMMODERATE, TURBULENT.