Radical
Radical adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.
Usage example: the baggy trousers that Amelia Bloomer introduced in the 1850s were considered a radical form of dress for women at the time
Violent is a synonym for radical in extreme topic. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Radical", when it comes to topics like revolutionary, thoroughgoing, deviating by extremes.
Violent
Violent adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.
Radical is a synonym for violent in revolutionary topic. Sometimes you can use "Radical" instead an adjective "Violent".
Both words in one sentence
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Later "generations" of the group get progressively more radical and violent, taking and executing hostages, hijacking aircraft, bombing a newspaper, and kidnapping and assassinating public figures.
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Most of the conflict came from the head of the feminist group, who gradually becomes more radical and violent as the episode progresses, outright rejecting Sam's attempts to get them to follow the examples of Gandhi and MLK.
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While it marked the end of the radical and violent phase, it also ended the reform and progressive initiatives undertaken in the same period (which included price ceilings, widespread government participation, meritocracy and the abolition of slavery).
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