moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.-acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.-produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.-an assailant.-to urge with violence.-to be violent; to act violently.