Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Violent and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Both words in one sentence
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Sort of similar to Vulcans, who practice emotional suppression precisely because their emotions are so violent and difficult to control compared with other species.
Source: The Spock -
Ethan is apparently a ho yay machine, making the extraction at the beginning of the film far more difficult and violent than necessary to break informer and naive ally Bogdan from the prison too.
Source: Ho Yay / Film - Took a Level in Jerkass: Some of the parodies, compared to their inspirations, such as not-Huey, not-Dewey and not-Louie, who quickly adapted to their new (violent and difficult) neighborhood... Too Kinky to Torture: The Subway Bunny.
Source: Web Animation / Les Kassos
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