violently

/'vaiələntli/

Thân thiện

The protesters clashed violently with the police.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a violent manner: With great physical force, intensity, or aggression.
   • With strong, uncontrolled, or destructive emotion: In a way that involves intense, turbulent, or extreme feelings or actions.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The wind shook the windows violently during the storm.
  • He disagreed with the decision violently, shouting and pounding the table.
  • The patient coughed violently.

Advanced Usage

• "to react violently": to respond with extreme physical or emotional force.
  • The allergic reaction caused her body to swell violently.
• "violently opposed to": extremely and aggressively against something.
  • He is violently opposed to any changes in the policy.

Variants and Related Words

• Violent (adj): using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill; very strong or powerful.
  • a violent storm
• Violence (n): behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something; strength of emotion or an unpleasant or destructive natural force.
  • domestic violence

Synonyms

• Forcefully: With strong physical power.
• Fiercely: In a powerful and aggressive manner.
• Ferociously: Savagely or violently.
• Wildly: In an uncontrolled or violent way.

Related Phrases

• Shake violently: To tremble or move with great force.
  • The earthquake made the ground shake violently.
• Vomit violently: To be sick from the stomach in a sudden, forceful way.
  • The food poisoning made him vomit violently.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a violent manner
   • they attacked violently