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superviolent

superviolent adjective: especially violent.

Adjective

superviolent (comparative more superviolent, superlative most superviolent)

  1. Especially violent.
    • Park Chan-Wook, the critically beloved author of superviolent spectacles like “Oldboy” and “Lady Vengeance,” arrived here with a movie called “I’m a Cyborg, but That’s O.K..”2007 February 15, A. O. Scott, “Whimsy, Pessimism and ‘Lady Chatterley’ in Berlin”, in New York Times

Forms of superviolent

comparativemore superviolent
superlativemost superviolent

Origin of superviolent

From super- + violent.

Questions about superviolent

What does superviolent mean?
Superviolent means especially violent.
What part of speech is superviolent?
Superviolent is an adjective.

Words near superviolent in the dictionary

  1. supervillainy
  2. Superville
  3. supervillin
  4. supervillins
  5. superviolence
  6. superviolent
  7. superviral
  8. supervirial
  9. supervirile
  10. supervirility
  11. supervirtuosi

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