Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.

To urge with violence.

acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"

An assailant.

Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.

Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.

effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death"

A word often used to describe most thunderstorms that (1) suddenly overtake a lake during incredibly hot fishing action, or (2) explode in the night while camping in a tent.

(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"

To be violent; to act violently.