Basic Guidelines For Spanish Pronunciations
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1Using physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
‘I was once violently assaulted on a bus’‘protesters clashed violently with the police’- ‘He claimed that it was a part of a larger strategy to expel them violently from areas to be farmed by colonists.’
- ‘He drives a taxi because he cannot sleep, but his nightly runs through the city's dirtiest neighbourhoods compel him to act violently.’
- ‘There are consequences when he deals with things violently, and he lies frequently because his every misguided placement of trust is betrayed.’
- ‘Romance ends abruptly and violently when she kills Jeff's partner.’
- ‘He stubbornly goes forth armed with only his ideals as his men are violently cut down by enemy fire.’
2In a very strong or vigorous manner.
‘he coughed violently’‘the aircraft began violently shaking’- ‘Examples from the artist's "Torn Map" series at first look like scraps of paper violently ripped from a whole.’
- ‘The ballet was violently booed at its premiere in 1913.’
- ‘She spits violently at her reflection.’
- ‘When the pressure is released, the juice begins to boil violently and the lime is added.’
- ‘The song has a stormy quality that lends itself to images of waves crashing violently against rocky shorelines.’
- 2.1To a very great degree; intensely.‘I found myself violently disagreeing with him’as submodifier ‘he woke up feeling violently ill’
- ‘During this time, his paintings were brightly coloured abstracts executed with violently expressive brushwork.’
- ‘The work is violently powerful, its overriding message being the oppression of the Mexican lower classes.’
- ‘The border is echoed in the conglomeration of baroque forms that violently jut in from the bottom left.’
- ‘Initially, the group was moderately enthusiastic about the idea of popular architecture—or at least not violently opposed to it.’
- ‘In the mid-distance a cottage is burning, as smoke violently billows and fumes.’
