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ultraviolent

American  
[uhl-truh-vahy-luhnt, -vahy-uh-luhnt] / ˌʌl trəˈvaɪ lənt, -ˈvaɪ ə lənt /

adjective

  1. violent to an extreme degree.


Other Word Forms

  • ultraviolently adverb

Example Sentences

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Iran began to see it as a bigger threat than the Taliban, which also opposes the ultraviolent group.

From Washington Post

Warner Time Warner Inc. that they opened a 2.75 hour, hard-R, ultraviolent comic book epic based on a cult title to $55m in the first place.

From Forbes

American officials have struggled to get Dutch officials and a major Dutch technology company, ASML, to end sales of an important semiconductor manufacturing tool, deep ultraviolent lithography systems, to China.

From New York Times

In another document, the CIA describes a system to secretly tag and identify public phone boxes that are tapped, using a paint only visible under ultraviolent light.

From BBC

Fourteen years, two Wachowski brothers, and three ultraviolent Frank Miller adaptations later, Nolan was celebrated for things that Burton had been chastised for.

From Slate