Good and Violent

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Good adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

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Violent is an antonym for good.

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Violent adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.

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Good is an antonym for violent in severe topic.

Nearby Words: violence, violently, violator

The Superman III parody, discussing Superman's inner struggle, points out that good triumphs over evil, if good is more violent than evil.

Source: Magazine / MAD
In The Sword-Edged Blonde, Andrew Reese was the violent, non-comedic version of this a "good man" when sober, but a violent would-be rapist as soon as he got hold of liquor.

Source: Can't Hold His Liquor
He feels a desire to do good and help people, but he is TERRIBLE at it, and is still incredibly violent.

Source: Hero with an F in Good

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