Moderate and Violent

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Moderate adjective – Avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas.

Usage example: the principal's moderate position on cell phones is that students can use them at school but only for emergencies

Violent is an antonym for moderate in topics: calm, fair.

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Violent adjective – Extreme in degree, power, or effect.

Usage example: a violent thunderstorm

Moderate is an antonym for violent in topics: severe, destructive.

Nearby Words: violence, violently, violator

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character	moderate character	violent character
people	moderate people	violent people
example	moderate example	violent example
side	moderate side	violent side
Other nouns: version, tendencies.

Uncle Tomfoolery: Michael Bay may have induced moderate fan anger by killing the only "black" transformer in the first film, but it is the portrayal of Skids and Mudflap as violent jive-talking hood rats in Revenge of the Fallen that has attracted outright hatred over the internet.

Source: Franchise / Transformers Film Series

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