variants
or less commonly antiviolence
: acting against or opposing violence
anti-violence initiatives
an anti-violence rally
There's an emerging alliance of anti-pornography and anti-violence feminists with therapists who diagnose and treat child abuse …—
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Along the way, YoungBoy made several donations of tens of thousands of dollars to anti-violence organizations across the country, including Atlanta’s YouthSpark and Dallas’s Manifest Freedom and Urban Specialists.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
The ordinance simply pushes social media companies to enforce anti-violence rules that are already a part of their guidelines, Hall argued.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Going beyond the crime statistics Leia Schenk, a social justice and anti-violence advocate who has represented families in Stockton as well as Sacramento, said that crime trends themselves can’t tell the whole story.
—Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates is moving to stop his office from coordinating with the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), which oversees the city's anti-violence initiative.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
The ordinance simply pushes social media companies to enforce anti-violence rules that are already a part of their guidelines, Hall argued.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Going beyond the crime statistics Leia Schenk, a social justice and anti-violence advocate who has represented families in Stockton as well as Sacramento, said that crime trends themselves can’t tell the whole story.
—Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates is moving to stop his office from coordinating with the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), which oversees the city's anti-violence initiative.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Anti-violence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-violence. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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