Outrage and Violence

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Outrage noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Violence is a synonym for outrage in disorder topic. In some cases you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Outrage", when it comes to topics like indignation, violation, atrocity.

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

Usage example: the police believe that the woman died of natural causes rather than as a result of violence

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Outrage is a synonym for violence in disorder topic. You can use "Outrage" instead a noun "Violence", if it concerns topics such as indignation.

Nearby Words: violent, violently

mass	mass outrage	mass violence
original	original outrage	original violence
sheer	sheer outrage	sheer violence
open	open outrage	open violence
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, great, intense, serious, little, general, less, sudden, resulting.

While these types of situations can exist (as with domestic violence), it's typically exaggerated solely to spark outrage in the audience.

Source: Hollywood Law
What seems an easy job spirals out of control and ends in violence, bloodshed and death.Outrage provides examples of the following tropes: Black And Black Morality: It's Yakuza vs.

Source: Film / Outrage
A Clockwork Orange caused outrage for glorifying rape and violence.

Source: Creator / Stanley Kubrick

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