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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| domestic | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| home invasion | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| assault | x/ | Noun |
| battered woman syndrome | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| sexual assault | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| retaliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| infighting | /xx | Noun |
| vendetta | x/x | Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| class warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| duel | /x | Noun |
| breach of the peace | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| stabbing | /x | Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| sexual abuse | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| assault and battery | x///xx | Phrase, Noun |
| aggravated assault | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| brawl | / | Noun |
| altercation | xx/x | Noun |
| feuding | /x | Noun |
| homicide | /xx | Noun |
| vengeance | /x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| violation | xx/x | Noun |
| battle of the sexes | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| foul play | // | Phrase, Noun |
| crime of passion | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| corporal punishment | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hate crime | // | Phrase, Noun |
| perpetration | /x/x | Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| injury | /xx | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| outrage | /x | Noun |
| mortal combat | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| vice | / | Noun |
| battering | /xx | Noun |
| stalking | /x | Noun |
| gunpoint | /x | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| battery | /xx | Noun |
| casualty | /xxx | Noun |
| voluntary manslaughter | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| pillow fight | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| indecent assault | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| bloodletting | /xx | Noun |
| crime | / | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun |
| torment | /x | Noun |
| traffic | /x | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| blood | / | Noun |
| storm | / | Noun |
| blood feud | // | Phrase, Noun |
| mugging | /x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| force | / | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| bloodshed | /x | Noun |
| bullying | /xx | Noun |
| piracy | /xx | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| wound | / | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| road rage | // | Phrase, Noun |
| firestorm | /x | Noun |
| bonding | /x | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| revenge | x/ | Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| barroom brawl | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| cuts | / | Noun |
| menace | /x | Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| quarrel | /x | Noun |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| wrestling | /x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| acrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| acts | / | Noun |
| agricultural | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| aids | / | Noun, Adjective |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| apartment | x/x | Noun |
| assistant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| atrocity | x/xx | Noun |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| australia | x/x | Name |
| ayah | /x | Noun |
| bartender | /xx | Noun |
| birds | / | Noun |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boarding | /x | Noun |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| canada | /xx | Name |
| canadian | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| cancer | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| captives | /x | Adjective |
| carpenter | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cattle | /x | Noun |
| chicken | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| childcare | /x | Noun |
| china | /x | Name |
| chinese | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| closed | / | Adjective |
| coercion | x/x | Noun |
| communal | x/x | Adjective |
| concentration | xx/x | Noun |
| conjugal | /xx | Adjective |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| countries | /x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| culture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cycle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| death | / | Noun |
| delinquency | x/xx | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| discontent | xx/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| discord | /x | Noun, Verb |
| discrimination | xxx/x | Noun |
| disease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| disharmony | x/xx | Noun |
| disorderly | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| displaced | x/ | Adverb |
| dissension | x/x | Noun |
| dissidence | /xx | Noun |
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| diversified | x/xx | Adjective |
| docile | /x | Adjective |
| domesticated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| domiciliary | xx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| duress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dwelling | /x | Noun |
| endemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| endogenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| familial | x/x | Adjective |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| families | /xx | Noun |
| farm | / | Noun, Verb |
| fear | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| female | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ferocity | x/xx | Noun |
| fierceness | /x | Noun |
| forcefully | /xx | Adverb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| foyer | /x | Noun |
| frenzy | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| furnishings | /xx | Noun |
| fury | /x | Noun |
| gallus | /x | Noun |
| gang | / | Noun, Verb |
| gardener | /xx | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| harm | / | Noun, Verb |
| heaving | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| homegrown | // | Adjective |
| homeland | /x | Noun |
| homemade | // | Adjective |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| household | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| housekeeper | /xx | Noun |
| housemaid | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| inboard | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| inbound | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| indoor | /x | Adjective |
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| inland | /x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| inner | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inpatient | /xx | Noun |
| insecurity | xx/xx | Noun |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| instructor | x/x | Noun |
| insurgency | x/xx | Noun |
| intensity | x/xx | Noun |
| interior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| intern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| internecine | x/xx | Adjective |
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun |
| intramural | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| intrastate | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| inward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| janitor | /xx | Noun |
| korea | x/x | Name |
| korean | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| lawlessness | /xx | Noun |
| lending | /x | Noun |
| loca | /x | Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| locally | /xx | Adverb |
| los angeles | //xx | Name, Name |
| maid | / | Noun |
| maidservant | //x | Noun |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun |
| marital | /xx | Adjective |
| matrimonial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mexican | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| molestation | xx/x | Noun |
| monopolistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| municipal | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| murder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| nation | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nationwide | /x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| native | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nativist | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| noise | / | Noun, Verb |
| nonagricultural | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| nonmilitary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| onshore | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| overseer | /x/x | Noun |
| own | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| peace | / | Noun, Verb |
| pet | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| phenomenon | x/xx | Noun |
