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violently

Variant of violent

adjective

    1. acting with or characterized by great physical force, so as to injure, damage, or destroy
    2. acting or characterized by force unlawfully or callously used
  1. caused by violence: a violent death
    1. showing, or resulting from, strong feeling or emotion; vehement; furious: violent language
    2. emotionally disturbed to an uncontrollable degree
  2. extreme; intense; very strong: a violent storm
  3. tending to distort the meaning: to put a violent construction on a text

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