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violently

adverb as in furiously

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The website Murder Inna Dancehall catalogs 207 dancehall songs with violently anti-gay lyrics.

The three basic ways for prisoners to die are old age, disease or violently.

Did Michael Brown have a motive to violently attack the officer?

The seas are calm, no waves violently knocking the hull, as they inevitably will during long stretches of the race.

And so it is with admiration and understanding that we are still violently furious over the pairing of Joey and Rachel.

Her heart fluttered violently with fear as she saw that he stepped out after her, and walked by her side toward the house.

Hilda and Edwin rushed fleeing into the street, violently urged by a common impulse.

I sprang forward to leap after her, but hands grasped me and flung me back so violently that I fell down on the platform.

While endeavoring to regain their feet, some were violently thrown upon the wooden platform.

He went whistling along, therefore, until his steps were suddenly and violently arrested.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to violently, such as: fiercely, forcefully, forcibly, intensely, powerfully, and strongly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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