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Recent Examples of violently
Footage later shared by Storyful captured the terrifying moments that followed as the house began shaking violently around him.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
There are Welsh people who are almost violently, aggressively confident.
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Just a week after that incident, federal officers said Paul Johnson violently resisted arrest in north Minneapolis.
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Conor Wight,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Even if your hook does find a soft spot, tarpon battle so violently and have so much energy that the odds of that hook staying planted for the entire fight are slim.
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Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Several days later, Naim witnesses the pastor’s kid being violently assaulted by an invisible presence.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
The term refers to a legal strategy arguing a defendant reacted violently due to distress over same-sex attraction.
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Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 June 2026
It was violently suppressed by Seoul’s military government at the time, which deployed troops, tanks and helicopters, leaving hundreds dead or injured.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
During a hot-fire test at Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a New Glenn rocket—preparing for an upcoming mission—exploded violently shortly after its seven BE-4 engines ignited.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
There are Welsh people who are almost violently, aggressively confident.
—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Just a week after that incident, federal officers said Paul Johnson violently resisted arrest in north Minneapolis.
—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
Even if your hook does find a soft spot, tarpon battle so violently and have so much energy that the odds of that hook staying planted for the entire fight are slim.
—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Several days later, Naim witnesses the pastor’s kid being violently assaulted by an invisible presence.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
The term refers to a legal strategy arguing a defendant reacted violently due to distress over same-sex attraction.
—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 June 2026
It was violently suppressed by Seoul’s military government at the time, which deployed troops, tanks and helicopters, leaving hundreds dead or injured.
—
ABC News,
15 June 2026
During a hot-fire test at Blue Origin’s Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a New Glenn rocket—preparing for an upcoming mission—exploded violently shortly after its seven BE-4 engines ignited.
—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violently
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The one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires has rocked Sacramento in recent months, sharply dividing Democrats and splintering labor coalitions.
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That conflict sharply curtailed the region’s oil exports and saw several gulf countries take direct retaliatory Iranian missile and drone hits.
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By the end of the decade, these issues will be actively and fiercely debated in mainstream society—in the courtroom, on the campaign trail, in the media, around the dinner table.
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The uninitiated might be surprised that Game Changer has amassed a fiercely loyal, very active online fan base.
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As in the Assembly on Monday, Republicans spoke vehemently against the taxes but had little chance at fracturing the Democrat supermajority.
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Simmons vehemently disputed the idea that the program wasn’t tailored to specific historical policies.
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During Monday’s meeting trustees forcefully pushed back on the suggestion that there were governance improprieties.
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Rios—amiable, practiced, and forcefully exuberant—took a seat across from me in a bright conference room with ergonomic chairs.
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Officers determined a female was walking north on Soto Road when an unknown male walking south grabbed the victim and forcibly moved her against her will about 20 feet, police said.
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The woman who survived the rape described in a jury trial how Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, had punched, choked, and forcibly raped her at his home near Baton Rouge, according to local TV station WBRZ.
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Angry fingers jab at the California Public Utilities Commission, perhaps more vigorously than at the utilities themselves.
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My office will continue to vigorously prosecute defendants who pose serious threats to our community’s safety, especially our children.
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While the city writ large is divided on Mamdani, Democratic primary voters strongly favor the 34-year-old democratic socialist who won in an upset a year earlier, according to Bradley Honan, a Democratic pollster.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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There was also a large contingent of Iranian fans who energetically waved the nation’s current flag.
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When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects.
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“Violently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violently. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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