VIOLENTLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

violently

adverb

Definition of violently next

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of violently That mugshot—with her straight dark hair, motorcycle jacket, and flat, defiant stare—would come to represent a nation, and generation, in crisis; a startling declaration that America’s own sons and daughters had turned violently against their country. —

Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 Now, he's pardoned all of these people, despite the fact that they were convicted of violently assaulting police officers, conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States in seditious conspiracy, and so on. —

ABC News, 17 May 2026 For many of the poorest residents in Lagos, Nigeria, the land their families have lived on for generations is now being violently seized by the government to build luxury condos. —

NPR, 17 May 2026 Hundreds of thousands took to the streets, including Ahangarani, who searches in vain for a friend in Tehran’s Revolution Square as police crack violently down on protestors. —

Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 The cases stemmed from a series of allegations, each made that the other acted violently in a series of altercations that month. —

Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Sam Merrill was violently ill on the off day between games 4 and 5, as a stomach bug (different from Atkinson’s upper respiratory bug) is also coursing through the team. —

Joe Vardon, New York Times, 14 May 2026 In fossil fuel extraction zones — the Permian Basin in Texas, the Bakken fields of North Dakota, oil regions across the Middle East — lights flicker violently in sync with drilling booms and busts, bearing little relation to broader economic trends. —

Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026 All the men were accused of plotting in South Florida and hiring a squad of former Colombian soldiers to violently overthrow Haiti’s president in a coup scheme that turned from his ouster to his assassination a couple of weeks before his death. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for violently

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Crime in Los Angeles fell sharply during Villaraigosa’s two terms.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The cost of supplies and operating expenses have risen sharply, putting pressure on profits.

— William Deffaa, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2026