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violenza

violence

noun vyoh-LEN-tsah Less Common
People & Society Crime

Origin: from Latin 'violentia'

Also means

force

Usage Note

Violenza covers physical violence and, more abstractly, intensity or force, as in con violenza ('forcefully'). Note the phrase violenza domestica ('domestic violence'); the plural violenze refers to repeated violent acts.

Examples

"La violenza non risolve nulla."

Natural Translation

Violence solves nothing.

Literal Translation

The violence not solves nothing.

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