ultraviolent

American  

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

adjective

1. violent to an extreme degree.

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Other Word Forms

• ultraviolently adverb

Example Sentences

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

Retailers and brands including Puma, Johnnie Walker and shoe-maker Crocs are hoping that interest in the show will drive sales of products based on the ultraviolent dystopian series.

From Los Angeles Times

A compilation of small-screen anime action could theoretically work as a feature film, especially when the action is as rousing and well-realized as the ultraviolent, stylized swordplay depicted here — there’s some good demon slaying in “Demon Slayer.”

From New York Times

ASML's most sophisticated machines -- extreme ultraviolent "EUV" lithography machines -- are already restricted, and have never been shipped to China.

From Reuters

Releasing aerosols into the stratosphere, for instance, could damage the ozone layer, which protects people and the planet from the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolent rays.

From Scientific American