VIOLENTLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

violently

adverb

Definition of violently next

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of violently Dissent was often violently quashed by SAVAK, the shah’s security service. —

Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2026 How did one man break into 1122 King Road in the middle of the night, violently murder four young college students in less than five minutes and escape, leaving hardly a clue? —

Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026 In one incident, Haley was violently punched. —

Janay Reece, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Ambulances bring sick, suffering and often violently wounded patients through our doors. —

Tim Egan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 Here, tiny bubbles form and then collapse violently, which can damage metals, create shockwaves, and make noise. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026 The Israeli Journalists’ Union demanded that military authorities fully prosecute the soldiers who violently assaulted the crew. —

Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026 Us senior surfers need to stick together to hold off the hordes of nasty agro kidbots that are violently intent on world domination and the spread of nuclear surf rabies and mad Red Bull disease. —

Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026 At home, the villagers are disturbed when settlers start to encroach on their land, but after one of the elders is shot and killed during a dispute with their new neighbors, the British side violently with the settlers. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026

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Fidesz, whose popularity dropped sharply in the aftermath of the passage of the new constitution, was reëlected with parliamentary super-majorities in the next two elections, in 2014 and 2018, despite receiving less than fifty per cent of the vote.

— Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
The culprit is volatile oil and jet fuel prices, which have spiked sharply since the war in the Middle East began and fighting near the narrow Strait of Hormuz created a chokepoint for global oil supplies.

— Rio Yamat, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026