{
    "term": "violent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "involving or caused by physical force that is intended to hurt or kill somebody",
            "sensetop": "violent towards/to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**violent crime/criminals**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**violent protests/attacks/incidents**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students were involved in **violent clashes** with the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd suddenly **turned violent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Was he ever violent towards you?",
                    "contextForm": "violent towards/to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "violent acts/behaviour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He met with a **violent death** *(= he was murdered, killed in a fight, etc.)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They don't allow their kids to play violent video games *(= that show a lot of violence)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their father was a violent man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She started to get a bit violent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film is contrived, sentimental and gratuitously violent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a range of graphically violent video games"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dealing with potentially violent incidents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the question of whether humans are inherently violent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He later met a violent death on the battlefield."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Violent crime has increased by 15 per cent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to", "towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "showing or caused by very strong emotion",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Toddlers can be prone to violent outbursts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a violent reaction from the public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole thing became the subject of violent controversy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very strong and sudden",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I took a violent dislike to him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a violent storm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a violent explosion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a violent headache"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a violent change"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The islands were hit by a violent cyclone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Members of the lifeboat crew were presented with bravery awards for launching in violent seas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exceptionally violent storm"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "intense, severe",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "extremely bright",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her dress was a violent pink."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪələnt/",
                "audio": "vi/violent/violent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaɪələnt/",
                "audio": "vi/violent/violent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘having a marked or powerful effect’): via Old French from Latin violent- ‘vehement, violent’."
}