violence

noun

1 the fear of physical violence:

brutality, brute force, roughness, ferocity, fierceness, savagery, cruelty, sadism, barbarity, barbarousness, brutishness, murderousness, bloodthirstiness, ruthlessness, inhumanity, heartlessness, pitilessness, mercilessness;

strong-arm tactics;

rare ferity.

▷antonyms gentleness, kindness.

2 the violence of the blow:

forcefulness, force, full force, power, powerfulness, strength, might, savagery, ferocity, brutality, destructiveness.

▷antonyms weakness.

3 the violence of his passion:

intensity, severity, strength, force, great force, vehemence, powerfulness, power, potency, ferocity, forcefulness, wildness, frenziedness, fury, storminess, tempestuousness, turbulence;

lack of control, lack of restraint, passionateness;

rare fervency, ardency.

▷antonyms mildness.

violence Oxford Dictionary of English