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Plural of violence

regular plural

The plural of violence is violences.

Forms of violence

Singularviolence /ˈvaɪ(ə)lən(t)s/
Pluralviolences
Countablecountable and uncountable

Violences in a sentence

  • There is nothing unique or magical about the Middle East; it shares xenophobias and violences with all the rest of the world!2003, Diana Abu-Jaber, Arabian Jazz, page 329
  • From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences.2014, Jamie Pitts, Principalities and Powers. From the entry nonviolence

Meaning of violence

  1. noun Extreme force.
  2. noun Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
  3. noun Widespread fighting.

Full definition of violence

Questions about the plural of violence

What is the plural of violence?
The plural of violence is violences.
Is violence countable?
Violence is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: violence (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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