violently
Americanadverb
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in a way that involves uncontrolled or destructive force.
He struck the table violently with his clenched fist and shouted for more.
Dramatic video shows soldiers violently removing voters from polling stations.
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in an intense or extreme way.
He was violently ill after ten minutes, but soon recovered fully.
We were awoken early in the morning when the house began shaking violently.
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Another showed a bridge over the Panama Canal shaking violently but remaining upright as vehicles travelled across it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
She added elsewhere in her declaration: “I have never witnessed her act violently toward anyone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Instead, turbulence causes it to spread violently across a broad region.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
This is when air moves violently at high altitudes with no clouds or other visual cues to help a pilot avoid it.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The clouds churned violently overhead, their bellies rumbling with thunder, and lightning jumped across the sky.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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