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hyperviolence

hyperviolence noun: extreme violence.

Noun

hyperviolence (uncountable)

  1. Extreme violence.
    • To Morris, this rejection and all that followed — the hyperviolence of the second Palestinian uprising, the rise of Hamas — confirm that there is nothing Israel could do to make Arab Muslims agree to its existence as a Jewish state.2009 May 24, Jeffrey Goldberg, “No Common Ground”, in New York Times

Origin of hyperviolence

From hyper- + violence.

Questions about hyperviolence

What does hyperviolence mean?
Hyperviolence means extreme violence.
What part of speech is hyperviolence?
Hyperviolence is a noun.

Words near hyperviolence in the dictionary

  1. hypervibrations
  2. hypervibronic
  3. hypervigilance
  4. hypervigilant
  5. hypervigilantly
  6. hyperviolence
  7. hyperviolent
  8. hypervirtual
  9. hypervirulence
  10. hypervirulent
  11. hyperviscoelasticity

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