Synonyms for violent

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1. Showing power

   strong, powerful, forceful, forcible, rough, mighty, great, potent, coercive; see also sense 2.

   Antonyms quiet*, peaceful, easy-going.

2. Showing strong emotions

   furious, mad, savage, fierce, passionate, splitting, vehement, frenzied, demonic, demoniac, frantic, fuming, enraged, disturbed, agitated, impassioned, impetuous, urgent, maddened, aroused, inflamed, distraught, infatuated, hysterical, blue in the face*.

   Antonyms calm*, appeased, quieted.

3. Intense

   great, vehement, extreme; see intense.

4. Characterized by the use of violence

   destructive, destructible, murderous, homicidal, brutal, rampageous.

   Antonyms expected*, deliberate, awaited.

5. Harsh

   drastic, hard, stringent; see severe 2.