Order and Violence

Opposite meaning words

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Violence is an antonym for order in lawfulness topic.

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

Violence noun - The use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property.

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Order is an antonym for violence in intensity topic.

Nearby Words: violent, violently

old	old order	old violence
good	good order	good violence
high	high order	high violence
direct	direct order	direct violence
Other adjectives: original, actual, real, general, less, random, increasing.

A common tag on to threats of sexual violence, mutilation and death, the phrase "in that order" works by implication of bizarre forms of punishment achievable by switching the order around.

Source: In That Order
Supernatural writer Sera Gamble outright admitted they over-do the gore and violence in order to get their desired scenes in instead.

Source: Censor Decoy
Though there are constant sectarian violence with the Friendlies, their leadership is powerful enough to keep things in order.

Source: One World Order

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