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violently

adverb as in furiously

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Example Sentences

This is what’s fueled the demonstrations, from the peaceful to the violent.

From Vox

“Don’t argue with a customer if they make threats or become violent,” the guidance warns.

From Fortune

As a result, flushing from urinals produces a “more violent climbing tendency,” the researchers said, adding it’s something they had noticed outside of their research.

From Fortune

The government either claims that misinformation circulating on social media and WhatsApp is likely to cause violence, or that an ongoing violent situation can only be brought under control by closing down communications.

Initially, there were no signs of a violent police response.

From Ozy

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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