Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Violence

Nouns
  • violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity
  • boisterousness etc. adj.
  • effervescence, ebullition
  • turbulence, bluster
  • uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire. severity etc. Severity
  • ferocity, rage, fury
  • exacerbation, exasperation, malignity
  • fit, paroxysm
  • orgasm, climax, aphrodisia
  • force, brute force
  • outrage
  • coup de main
  • strain, shock, shog
  • spasm, convulsion, throe
  • hysterics, passion etc. (state of excitability) [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability. outbreak, outburst
  • debacle
  • burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent. turmoil etc. (disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc.] Disorder
  • ferment etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
  • storm, tempest, rough weather
  • squall etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
  • earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm. berserk, berserker
  • fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast
  • fire eater etc. (blusterer) Blusterer.
Verbs
  • be violent etc. adj.
  • run high
  • ferment, effervesce
  • romp, rampage, go on a rampage
  • run wild, run amuck, run riot
  • break the peace
  • rush, tear
  • rush headlong, rush foremost
  • raise a storm, make a riot
  • rough house [Slang]
  • riot, storm
  • wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod
  • spread like wildfire (person). [shout or act in anger at something], explode, make a row, kick up a row
  • boil, boil over
  • fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof
  • fly into a rage (anger) Resentment. break out, fly out, burst out
  • bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst
  • shock, strain
  • break open, force open, prize open. render violent etc. adj.
  • sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on
  • irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment
  • accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury
  • fan the flame
  • add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire
  • let fly, fly off
  • discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
Adjectives
  • violent, vehement
  • warm
  • acute, sharp
  • rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild
  • brusque, abrupt, waspish
  • impetuous
  • rampant. turbulent
  • disorderly
  • blustering, raging etc. v.
  • troublous, riotous
  • tumultuary, tumultuous
  • obstreperous, uproarious
  • extravagant
  • unmitigated
  • ravening, inextinguishable, tameless
  • frenzied etc. (insane) Insanity. desperate etc. (rash) Rashness
  • infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics. fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient. savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger. excited etc. v.
  • unquelled, unquenched, unextinguished, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly
  • headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable
  • uncontrollable, incontrollable
  • insuppressible, irrepressible
  • orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic. spasmodic, convulsive, explosive
  • detonating etc. v.
  • volcanic, meteoric
  • stormy etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind.
Adverbs
  • violently etc. adj.
  • amain
  • by storm, by force, by main force
  • with might and main
  • tooth and nail, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
  • at one fell swoop
  • with a high hand, through thick and thin
  • in desperation, with a vengeance
  • a outrance
  • headlong, head foremost.
Phrases
  • blown with restless violence round about the blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure].