VIOLENTLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

violently

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as in sharply

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Recent Examples of violently Those marks can show whether the elevator was violently torn away or had an earlier weakness, such as metal fatigue. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 During the altercation, one of the suspects pulled out a weapon, and two of the victims were violently assaulted, police said. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 The Falcons’ starting quarterback twirled a black string around his finger, then violently whipped it down after his first interception. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026 The sophomore season will continue following Webb, alongside Ben Whishaw as Sam Young and Sarah Lancashire as Reed, violently obtaining secrets for the highest bidder. — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026 If there is a starquake, a sudden shift in the neutron star crust, the magnetic field gets shaken violently. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026 The following decade, his Cultural Revolution violently sought to purge capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society and created a cult of personality around him. — Tom Williams, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Kristi Noem, the then-Homeland Security secretary, painted the Veterans Administration hospital nurse as a domestic terrorist who violently resisted federal agents. — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 In Italy, a march in central Milan on Saturday over living costs also ended violently, with rioters attacking the police with stones and paving blocks and setting fire to barricades. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

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Many have staked out sharply different visions for Chicago Public Schools, its billion-dollar budget and 300,0000 students.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
With buyback volume contracting sharply, this mechanical support for earnings per share wanes, requiring companies to rely on actual profit expansion to drive per share earnings higher.

— , CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sharply

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The easy chemistry translates into the competition itself, where Levine notes that the four coaches are all fiercely competitive, but without the kind of animosity that can sometimes come with fighting over artists.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026
Greg’s colleagues from over the years describe him as fiercely competitive, not just with work projects but also with hobbies like running and weight lifting.

— Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of fiercely

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Six women allege offenses dating from 1999 to 2009, and Brand denies the allegations vehemently.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Yet after the Italian press caught wind of a meeting about a week ago between him and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis, the latter vehemently denied Napoli was for sale.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of vehemently

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Aston forcefully launched itself into the 21st century with the V12 Vanquish, which debuted in the fall of 2001 as the spitting image of a 1998 concept car.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
Wearing an open white shirt and blazer, Brand was called forward to the dock, said his name and forcefully denied all charges put to him by his barrister Ian Winter.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of forcefully

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In Germany, nighttime riots injured more than 100 police officers and damaged or looted stores; in Lisbon, Portugal, police forcibly cleared a housing protest encampment.

— Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, police in Portugal early Sunday forcibly cleared a tent camp set up in Lisbon by activists protesting against high housing costs.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of forcibly

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The letter warns that any attempt by Alterra to stop paying rent or abandon the premises without resolving its contractual obligations would be vigorously contested.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
In experiments plants that are rigidly staked to prevent their movement or that are grown in pots and turned out of sync with the Sun grow less vigorously and have fewer or smaller leaves.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of vigorously

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Italians are fed energetically with the sustenance of beauty, ease, and joy.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Molecules pooling close to regions that repel water can be forced into distinctive arrangements that are energetically costly to maintain, resembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle pushed into patterns poised on the verge of scattering.

— Mike McRae October 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

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