Stress and Violence

Stress

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Violence and stress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

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

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Stress and violence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Violence".

Nearby Words: violent, violently

emotional	emotional stress	emotional violence
high	high stress	high violence
physical	physical stress	physical violence
sheer	sheer stress	sheer violence
Other adjectives: heavy, constant, extreme, great, intense, serious, little, excessive, incredible, psychological, general, less, maximum, added, sudden, resulting.

I'm gonna turn this frustration into violence and take my stress out on you guys!

Source: Famous Last Words / Video Games H To P
The noise and stress of modern cities is often criticized as horrible, often in combination with the violence, racism and aggression.

Source: Comic Strip / Nero
Angrish: Budd is very prone to stammer under stress, and that is why he cannot defend himself in front of Captain Vere and resort to violence.

Source: Literature / Billy Budd

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