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violent

[vahy-uh-luhnt, vahy-luhnt] / ˈvaɪ ə lənt, ˈvaɪ lənt /




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Scientists point to one famous specimen nicknamed "The Black Knight" as evidence of this violent behavior.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Several French pro-Palestinian activists on Friday described what they said was a violent and humiliating ordeal after they were detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

However violent Gandhi’s quest for non-violence becomes, the production evolves into impossible radiance, turning the opera into something resembling a Passion Play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

And New York City was slammed by a thunderstorm more violent than even the storm that took Papa.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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