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overviolent

overviolent adjective: excessively violent.

Adjective

overviolent (comparative more overviolent, superlative most overviolent)

  1. Excessively violent.

Forms of overviolent

comparativemore overviolent
superlativemost overviolent

Origin of overviolent

From over- + violent.

Questions about overviolent

What does overviolent mean?
Overviolent means excessively violent.
What part of speech is overviolent?
Overviolent is an adjective.

Words near overviolent in the dictionary

  1. overviewed
  2. overviewing
  3. overviews
  4. overvigorous
  5. overvigorously
  6. overviolent
  7. overvisited
  8. overvivid
  9. overvividly
  10. overvoice
  11. overvoiced

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