VIOLENTLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

violently

adverb

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of violently Those include the harrowing night terrors Tony begins to experience — intense, frightening nightmares that cause people with Parkinson’s to violently act out in their sleep. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod hope someone saw something that might help investigators in their search for a suspect accused of violently assaulting a man in his 70s. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 In fact, Israel built its future wagering that the Palestinians violently displaced and expelled in the Nakba would eventually move on, assimilate, forget the depravity that ripped them from their land. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 Thirty years after Scotland was violently quarantined to contain a plague, a military team led by Rhona Mitra’s Major Eden Sinclair is sent to look for a cure. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 The walls of my office violently shuddered and smoke filled the hallway — but no evacuation alarm ever sounded. — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026 That, on top of the trauma of losing his father so suddenly and violently, tore young Matt apart for a time. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 The element reacts violently with moisture, corrodes rapidly in normal air, and poses an immediate fire hazard if exposed to humidity. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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Prices have surged more than 20% this month as fighting has sharply escalated in the Persian Gulf.

— Spencer Kimball,Justina Lee, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
The national average for regular gasoline has risen sharply over the past week, while California prices have climbed back to about $6 per gallon, according to AAA.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharply

Adverb

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials in Kyiv have said Russia is planning another mobilization after the State Duma election that concludes Sunday — claims the Kremlin has repeatedly and vehemently rejected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
What's particularly compelling in this book is how lyrically Rovelli still vehemently defends the power and promise of physics (and science in general).

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of vehemently

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In the absence of the filmmaker’s trademark super-sized canvas, the usual techniques can’t help but feel forcefully out of scale here.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
The Ravens’ defense also didn’t close the game as forcefully as Minter probably would have liked.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of forcefully

Adverb

Fu urged Taiwan’s government to protect Wang’s family and ensure they would not be forcibly returned to mainland China.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
The other option for the United States is a land invasion aimed at forcibly ousting the Iranian regime.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of forcibly

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Replant the area with vigorously growing groundcovers or turfgrass because any spot of bare soil is an opportunity for stiltgrass to resprout.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026
Cook, stirring vigorously and breaking up pockets of flour as needed, until a thin film forms on bottom and sides of pan and dough comes together into a single mass, 2–3 minutes.

— Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of vigorously

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Much of the general public, however, hasn’t caught up to these developments, which remain strongly discouraged and criticized by the abstinence support group space — especially proponents of AA.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
The afflicted can feel very strongly about them, strongly believe them, even though there is no convincing reason for holding that thought.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of strongly

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In what is often considered Pelechian’s magnum opus, the ancient antagonism of nature and humanity plays out in a depiction of a remote farming community, energetically scored with Armenian folk music and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Plenty of his peers filled the void, none more energetically than Chesney, who has by now built a beachy brand that almost rivals Buffett’s.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of energetically

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