violence : Idioms & Phrases
domestic violence
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noun violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women
WordNet
public violence
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noun a public act of violence by an unruly mob
riot.
WordNet
To do violence on
- to attack; to murder. "She . . . did violence on herself." Shak.
Webster 1913
To do violence to
- to outrage; to injure;
as, he .does violence to his own opinions