Collocations for "violent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "violent" in context.
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violent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a violent [thug, criminal, bully, father]
- a violent [protest, demonstration, overthrow, attack]
- the [protest, demonstration] [turned, became] violent
- violent [suppression, opposition, behavior]
- a violent [storm, eruption, tornado]
- a [series, raft, spate] of violent crimes
- [crack down on, reduce] violent crime
- achieved through violent [acts, means]
- a violent confrontation with [fans, police]
- caught up in a violent [struggle, incident]
- [it, he] could turn violent
- flew into a violent rage (over)
- is known to be [extremely, very] violent
'violent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abrupt
- aggressive
- assembly
- brawl
- clash
- conflict
- confront
- content
- crew
- crime
- criminal
- demonstration
- dismissal
- era
- fart
- feud
- gangster
- gentle
- gruesome
- jolt
- lush
- mob
- mugger
- outburst
- person
- pimp
- protest
- purge
- rampage
- regime
- reign
- relapse
- retaliation
- revenge
- riot
- robber
- ruler
- savage
- scramble
- shake
- slum
- sneeze
- stalker
- struggle
- swipe
- tendency
- theft
- thug
- youngster