Violence and Want

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

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

Nearby Words: violent, violently

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Violence and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Violence" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old violence	old want
good	good violence	good want
original	original violence	original want
brutal	brutal violence	brutal want
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, extreme, great, little, bad, horrible.

It seems that the protesters want better wages for workers, they are against violence, they want the U.K.

Source: Film / Revolution (1967)
Murder Is the Best Solution is when a problem is solved with murder (or any kind of violence) because the problem solver loves violence and doesn't want to use a more peaceful solution.

Source: Trope Distinctions / J to R
They did respond and do their best to deal with a case of domestic violence (the author of the comic has been trained to work with victims of domestic violence and didn't want to make light of it) but the victim's non-compliance meant they couldn't convict the attacker.

Source: Police Are Useless

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