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100 Other Words for “Violence”

February 16, 2026

100 Other Words for

No. Term Definition
1. abuse cruel or harmful treatment
2. aggravated assault attack causing serious harm
3. aggression hostile or forceful behavior
4. anarchy lawlessness and disorder
5. animus strong hostility or ill will
6. armed conflict fighting involving weapons
7. assault physical attack or threat
8. atrocity extremely cruel act
9. battering repeated physical beating
10. battle organized armed fight
11. belligerence warlike or hostile attitude
12. bloodshed killing and spilling blood
13. brawl noisy, rough fight
14. brutality savage cruelty or harshness
15. bullying repeated intimidation or harm
16. carnage mass killing and destruction
17. clash hostile encounter or fight
18. coercion forcing compliance by threats
19. combat armed fighting
20. conflict serious disagreement or fighting
21. confrontation hostile face-to-face encounter
22. cruelty delighting in others’ suffering
23. deadliness capacity to cause death
24. destruction ruining or demolishing
25. devastation widespread severe destruction
26. disorder lack of control; turmoil
27. domestic abuse harm within intimate relationships
28. duress compulsion by threat or force
29. enforcement compelling obedience, often by force
30. excessive force unreasonable, disproportionate force
31. ferocity savage intensity
32. feud long-running hostile conflict
33. fight physical struggle or combat
34. force physical power used to compel
35. foul play wrongdoing causing harm
36. fracas sudden noisy quarrel
37. fury violent anger
38. gang warfare armed conflict between gangs
39. genocide deliberate destruction of a people
40. gore bloodshed and grisly injury
41. grievous harm serious bodily injury
42. harassment persistent hostile pressure
43. harm physical injury or damage
44. hate crime bias-motivated attack or offense
45. havoc widespread chaos and ruin
46. heinousness shockingly evil cruelty
47. hooliganism violent, disorderly conduct
48. hostilities acts of war or conflict
49. hostility unfriendly, antagonistic behavior
50. intimidation threatening to instill fear
51. invasion entering by force to attack
52. kidnapping abduction by force or threat
53. killing causing death
54. lawlessness absence of legal restraint
55. lynching mob killing without trial
56. malice intent to harm or wrong
57. manslaughter unlawful killing without intent
58. massacre indiscriminate mass killing
59. mayhem violent chaos; severe injury
60. menace threatening danger or harm
61. militancy aggressive, combative activism
62. mischief troublemaking causing harm
63. mob action crowd-led attack or coercion
64. molestation unwanted harmful sexual contact
65. mugging robbery with assault
66. murder intentional unlawful killing
67. mutiny rebellion against authority
68. oppression cruel exercise of power
69. outrage violent or shocking act
70. pandemonium wild disorder and uproar
71. persecution hostile mistreatment over time
72. pogrom organized massacre of a group
73. predation exploiting others by force
74. rampage uncontrolled destructive spree
75. rape forced sexual intercourse
76. ravage severe damage by force
77. rebellion armed resistance to authority
78. reprisal retaliatory attack
79. retaliation payback harm for harm
80. riot violent public disturbance
81. roughness harsh physical handling
82. ruthlessness lack of pity or mercy
83. sabotage deliberate damaging of property
84. savagery brutal, uncivilized cruelty
85. scuffle brief, minor physical fight
86. shooting attack using firearms
87. siege surrounding attack to force surrender
88. slaughter large-scale killing
89. smiting striking hard to harm
90. strangulation choking to restrict breathing
91. street fighting combat in public streets
92. strife bitter conflict or struggle
93. strong-arm tactics coercive methods using force
94. subjugation bringing under control by force
95. terror extreme fear from threats
96. terrorism political violence to intimidate
97. torment severe physical or mental suffering
98. torture inflicting pain to punish or coerce
99. trauma injury from severe harm
100. tyranny cruel, oppressive rule
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