violent
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Colombia’s similarly doesn’t shy away from how violent its fight for independence was, but takes solace that “in furrows of pain/good now germinates.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Scientific studies have not found a direct link between video games and violent behaviour.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
More than 4.5 billion years ago, a huge world, potentially as large as the moon or even Mars, traveled around the young Sun before a violent collision shattered it into pieces.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
"I wish to make a very cordial appeal for composure and calm," said defeated leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, stressing he had not called for violent demonstrations.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
This didn’t sound like very fierce smack talk to Aru, but considering that it was coming from Mini, it was about as violent as it would get.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Vocabulary lists containing violent
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