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violence | abduct |

As a noun violence

is extreme force.

As a verb abduct is

{{context|transitive|lang=en}} to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap {{defdate|early 17th century}}{{reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =thomas, clayton l | others = | title =taber's encyclopedic medical dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1940| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =1993| month = | publisher =f a davis company | location =philadelphia, pa | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =0-8036-8313-8 | lccn = | ol = | pages =1| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =}}.

violence

English

Noun

  • Extreme force.
  • Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
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  • Widespread fighting.
  • (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
  • (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
  • Hypernyms

    * (extreme force) force

    Antonyms

    * peace, nonviolence

    See also

    * domestic violence * reverse domestic violence ----

    abduct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1904 , author=Jules Verne , title=The Master of the World , chapter=16 , url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mw/chapter16.html , passage=That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.}}
  • (physiology) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; to move similar parts apart.
  • Synonyms

    * kidnap * seize

    Derived terms

    * abductee * abductive

    References