as in peaceful
not involving violence or force
nonviolent protests
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Recent Examples of nonviolent
Nearly half of those suspensions were for nonviolent behavior.
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Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
By now, the Syrian opposition, once led by nonviolent protesters, was dominated by Islamists, who were divided and feckless and could be easily lumped together with the telegenic savageries of the Islamic State, known as ISIS.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Activist groups such as Indivisible have trained tens of thousands of people in nonviolent tactics.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The 90-year-old Dalai Lama occasionally teaches there; the monastery, practicing centuries-old traditions, was built after His Holiness received the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for advocating nonviolent solutions to the Tibet-China conflict.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
By now, the Syrian opposition, once led by nonviolent protesters, was dominated by Islamists, who were divided and feckless and could be easily lumped together with the telegenic savageries of the Islamic State, known as ISIS.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Activist groups such as Indivisible have trained tens of thousands of people in nonviolent tactics.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The 90-year-old Dalai Lama occasionally teaches there; the monastery, practicing centuries-old traditions, was built after His Holiness received the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for advocating nonviolent solutions to the Tibet-China conflict.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviolent
Adjective
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The two governments started working toward a peaceful resolution in the early 1980s, bringing the Anglo-Irish Agreement into effect in 1985.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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There is no legal reason to do that while everything is peaceful, while everything is safeguarded by the agency.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Human societies are more peaceable but not necessarily more equal.—
Thomas Morgan,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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Making something that is not America—is communal where America is individualist, is peaceable where America is warring.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Nonviolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviolent. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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