Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
violence Audio
vi·o·lence [ vahy-uh-luhns ]
Subclass of:
Social Problems
Definitions related to violence:
  • An act of aggression between individuals.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Violence, an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm. The damage inflicted by violence may be physical, psychological, or both. Violence may be distinguished from aggression, a more general type of hostile behaviour that may be physical, verbal, or passive in nature. Violence...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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