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counterviolence

counterviolence noun: violence in response to earlier violence.

Noun

counterviolence (uncountable)

  1. Violence in response to earlier violence.

Origin of counterviolence

From counter- + violence.

Questions about counterviolence

What does counterviolence mean?
Counterviolence means violence in response to earlier violence.
What part of speech is counterviolence?
Counterviolence is a noun.

Words near counterviolence in the dictionary

  1. countervenoms
  2. counterview
  3. counterviewpoint
  4. counterviewpoints
  5. counterviews
  6. counterviolence
  7. countervirus
  8. counterviruses
  9. countervision
  10. countervisions
  11. countervolition

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