{
    "term": "violence",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody",
            "sensetop": "violence against somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police do not think this killing was a random **act of violence**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He condemned the protesters' **use of violence** against the police.",
                    "contextForm": "violence against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**domestic violence** *(= between family members)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These people live under a constant **threat of violence**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our organization works with **victims of violence**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why do they always have to **resort to violence**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Violence broke out** inside the prison last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Violence erupted** between police and demonstrators."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there too much sex and violence on TV?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Charlie was threatening violence against them both."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children who witness violence between parents often develop problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't buy toys that glorify violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hatred breeds violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into armed conflict."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Political violence killed 29 people last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had suffered years of violence and abuse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "TV violence threatens the health and welfare of young people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The demonstration was marred by violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was surprisingly little graphic violence in the film."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They use their religion to justify violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troops were called in to quell the violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to bring an end to the deadly violence in the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a refuge for victims of domestic violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wave of violence against women"
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who inflict violence on animals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the men of violence who start wars"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence among football supporters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence among young men"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence between rival groups"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence perpetrated by the army"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence towards ethnic minorities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violence within the family"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment", "War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "excessive", "extreme"],
                "… of violence": ["level"],
                "verb + violence": ["commit", "employ", "engage in"],
                "violence + verb": ["break out", "erupt", "flare"],
                "preposition": [
                    "violence against",
                    "violence among",
                    "violence between"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "an act of violence",
                    "an end to violence",
                    "an eruption of violence"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "physical or emotional force and energy",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The violence of her feelings surprised him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the violence of the eruption"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reacted to the idea with some violence."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["suppressed"],
                "preposition": ["with (a) violence"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to damage something or have a bad effect on it",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This version of the play does violence to Shakespeare's text."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪələns/",
                "audio": "vi/violence/violence__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪələns/",
                "audio": "vi/violence/violence__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’."
}