as in peaceful
not involving violence or force
nonviolent protests
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Recent Examples of nonviolent
So, for example, [third-degree robbery], which is forcibly taking property from a person, which is violent, that's deemed as a nonviolent crime.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hamza Namira is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music rose to prominence during the 25 January revolution in 2011, a day of nonviolent protests against increasing police brutality during the last few years of Hosni Mubarak’s presidency.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Be sure to continue Chicago's long tradition of nonviolent resistance.
—USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
In some cases, it is granted automatically for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
—Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hamza Namira is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music rose to prominence during the 25 January revolution in 2011, a day of nonviolent protests against increasing police brutality during the last few years of Hosni Mubarak’s presidency.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Be sure to continue Chicago's long tradition of nonviolent resistance.
—USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
In some cases, it is granted automatically for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.
—Melissa Goldin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviolent
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Following the release, Hamas members who commit to peaceful coexistence and disarmament would receive amnesty, with safe passage offered to those wishing to leave Gaza for countries that have agreed to receive them.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its peaceful neighbor in 2022, zoo workers and local volunteers rushed to save thousands of animals at imminent risk of annihilation from missile attacks and shelling.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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In fact, as believing Christians, Jews, or Muslims know, the founders and leaders of these major world religions advocate understanding of others, empathy for their suffering, and the pursuit of peaceable relations with all.—
Howard Steele,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Such was the peaceable dreaming, the end-of-history thinking, in the wake of the Twelve-Day War.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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