English English Dictionary

ferocity in English:

1. violence

Suddenly, there was a period of terrible violence and hatred between blacks and whites.

Cesar Chavez asked that strikers remain non-violent even though farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence.

school violence

Korean mental hospitals have been compared to concentration camps. Patients are said to be treated like animals who are subjected to violence and maltreatment rather than therapy.

Considering the violence of the impact, he must have died instantly.

The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

Also as they are in an intimate relationship they are in a situation where it is easy for them to suffer from violence and difficult for them to bring complaints about that to court.

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

Television shows violence, which influences, above all, younger people.

Mexico is experiencing unprecedented violence as drug cartels are battling over distribution routes.

Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.

The programme makers reject the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children. This week's broadcast features a report on victims of domestic violence.

Not all violence is equally reprehensible; not all wars are equally unjust.

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights.