violence

«violence» in Mova's school dictionary: behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (violence — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Violence is behaviour that uses physical force to hurt, injure or kill someone or to damage something. tree →

2) Violence is great force or strength, as in a storm: «the violence of the wind». tree →

3) Violence can also mean strong, wild anger or feeling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on safety, feelings and the law, pupils learn that violence — hitting, kicking, hurting — is never the right way to solve a problem; talk, walk away and get a trusted adult. «Violence at home» is something to tell a teacher or a helpline about. In geography and science, storms, volcanoes and earthquakes erupt with great violence. Films and games have age ratings partly because of violence. Phrases: «act of violence», «use violence», «violence against», «domestic violence».

examples

• Violence is never the answer. tree →
• The film is rated 12 because of violence. tree →
• Tell an adult if you see violence at school. tree →
• The storm hit the coast with great violence. tree →
• The police stopped the violence. tree →
• Schools teach ways to solve problems without violence. tree →
• The volcano erupted with terrible violence. tree →
• Such mistrust, such violence, would cause them both great unhappiness. tree →

note

Uncountable: «violence», not «a violence». Adjective: violent; adverb: violently. Not the same as «violets» (flowers) or «violin». If someone is hurting you, it's not your fault — tell someone you trust.

In the corpora

• Prison, crime and police violence are hard things, so people find softer words for them.
• "Use of force" is the official phrase for violence by police.
• Ratings are about content such as violence, blood, fear and bad language, not about how difficult a game is.
• A game with no blood can still be rated 12 or 16 for its fighting and violence.
• A game rated 18 can contain realistic violence, crime, strong swearing and adult scenes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «violence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.