violence force | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists), he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one |
domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner, usually violence by men against women |
riot public violence | a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
ferocity fierceness furiousness fury vehemence violence wildness | the property of being wild or turbulent, the storm's violence |
threat | declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another, his threat to kill me was quite explicit |
threat | a warning that something unpleasant is imminent, they were under threat of arrest |
terror scourge threat | a person who inspires fear or dread, he was the terror of the neighborhood |
violence | a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc. |
menace threat | something that is a source of danger, earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan |
resign reconcile submit | accept as inevitable, He resigned himself to his fate |
release relinquish resign free give up | part with a possession or right, I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest, resign a claim to the throne |
vacate resign renounce give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily, She vacated the position when she got pregnant, The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds |
leave office quit step down resign | give up or retire from a position, The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month, The chairman resigned over the financial scandal |
baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory ominous sinister threatening | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, a baleful look, forbidding thunderclouds, his tone became menacing, ominous rumblings of discontent, sinister storm clouds, a sinister smile, his threatening behavior, ugly black clouds, the situation became ugly |
heavy lowering sullen threatening | darkened by clouds, a heavy sky |
dangerous grave grievous serious severe life-threatening | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm, a dangerous operation, a grave situation, a grave illness, grievous bodily harm, a serious wound, a serious turn of events, a severe case of pneumonia, a life-threatening disease |